all kinds of

Idioms & Phrases

all kinds of

  1. Also, all manner or sorts of. All or many varieties of something, as in Before the banquet, they served all kinds of drinks, or He sold exotic fruit of all sorts, or The museum featured all manner of artifacts. [Early 1300s]

  2. A large amount of something, as in She has all kinds of money. This hyperbolic usage is colloquial.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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