Watched A Movie From Cover To Cover??

[VividJailbird]

Hi, teachers:

I wonder if this sentence is right:

I didn't watch the movie from cover to cover.

Is the above sentece right?? I guess not. ("from cover to cover" is for the book reading, right? )

By this I want to say "I kept dragging the play button and skipped many bits. "

I know it must be wrong but how to rephrase it ?

[bhaisahab]

Hi, teachers:

I wonder if this sentence is right:



Is the above sentece right?? I guess not. ("from cover to cover" is for the book reading, right? )

By this I want to say "I kept dragging the play button and skipped many bits. "

I know it must be wrong but how to rephrase it ?

Try; "...from start to finish".

[Barb_D]

I completely agree that "from start to finish" is the corollary for "from cover to cover" but it means you watched every minute/read every page.

If you skipped a bunch of it, I don't know what you would say. You "skim" a book. What's the equivalent for a movie?