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everything but the kitchen sink
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everything from soup to nuts definitionand everything from A to Z; everything but the kitchen sink
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Everything but the kitchen sink
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
everything but the kitchen sink
Also, everything under the sun. Including just about everything, whether appropriate or not. For example, Our new car has every feature
everything but the kitchen sink. This hyperbolic term may date from the early 1900s but only became widespread in the mid-1900s. The variant employs under the sun in the sense of "everything on earth," a usage dating from about a.d. 1000.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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