on the whole

Meaning

1. Oxford88% of films

   considering everything; in general

   Good fellows, on the whole. Did their best, you know.

In the movies · 17

• Good fellows, on the whole. Did their best, you know.The Third Man1949
• Look, all im saying is that Boston women are, on the whole,Ted2012
• But on the whole, I'm sorry to say, we're a failed species.Whatever Works2009
• I mean, on the whole system.Too Big to Fail2011
• No one on the whole planet does that.Horns2013
• On the Berlin rap? On the whole rap.The Life of David Gale2003
• Too bad he was in on the whole thing.Monsters, Inc.2001
• There's only 25 pounds of it on the whole planet.Spider-Man 22004

Learn it in full scenes

• The Third Man1949
  • Calloway Exposes Harry Lime
  • Martins Checks Into a Military Hotel
  • Kurtz Feeds Martins a Cover Story
• Whatever Works2009
  • Boris Breaks the Fourth Wall
  • Boris Panics and Jumps Out the Window
  • Boris Takes Melodie In

From the same entry

• a whole lot
• a whole lot
• the whole lot
• as a whole

More idioms

• blow your mind
• at heart
• don't ask me
• get to the bottom of
• have the time of your life
• about time
• it's no use
• the hard way
• same here
• get this
• lose your temper
• not to mention