body and soul

body and soul (not comparable)

1. Wholeheartedly.
   • 1956, Cyril Hume, Forbidden Planet, spoken by Commander Adams (Leslie Nielsen):

     You still think she's immune? She's joined herself to me, body and soul!

• keep body and soul together

• “body and soul”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “body and soul”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “body and soul” (US) / “body and soul” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “body and soul” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.