from cradle to grave

基本解釋

There is also an allowance for funeral, for the State boasts that it looks after people"from cradle to grave"!
家里有人過(guò)世還發(fā)給喪葬費(fèi)，因?yàn)閲?guó)家夸耀說(shuō)，英國(guó)人從“搖籃到墳?zāi)埂贬t(yī)生都得到照料！
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Health spending makes up 30-40% of regional governments' budgets. Long-lived Spaniards are rightly proud that they enjoy free health care from cradle to grave.
醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生開銷占到了國(guó)家政府預(yù)算的30-40%，長(zhǎng)壽的西班牙人對(duì)于自己自生至死享受的免費(fèi)醫(yī)療是十分自豪的。
Nannied from cradle to grave by the world’s most generous welfare systems, they squeal like spoiled children when asked to give up just a few of their playthings.
他們一輩子都生活在世界上最優(yōu)惠的福利制度下。一旦要求他們放開一些玩物，他們便像被寵壞的孩子一般抱怨起來(lái)。

For example, around nineteen twelve he finished a nine-book series called "From the Cradle to the Grave."

Perhaps people feel little need for CSR when the government cares for them from cradle to grave.
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Andy Stern, the president of the Service Employees International Union, speaks frequently of a future in which labor serves its constituents from cradle to grave.
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The group would take responsibility for us from cradle to grave, and we in turn would become servants of the group, burdened with responsibility for the lives of others.
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