How Do You Spell WHOLE BALL WAX?
Pronunciation: [hˈə͡ʊl bˈɔːl wˈaks] (IPA) 
The phrase "whole ball wax" is an idiom that means "everything" or "the entire matter." It is spelled with the letters W-H-O-L-E, B-A-L-L, and W-A-X. The IPA phonetic transcription for "whole" is /hoʊl/, for "ball" is /bɔl/, and for "wax" is /wæks/. The phrase likely originated in the 1800s from the idea of a wax doll representing a person, where the entire doll, or "whole ball of wax," represented the entirety of the situation.
