everything and the kitchen sink
everything and the kitchen sink is the alternative form of everything but the kitchen sink.
Meaning of everything but the kitchen sink
Noun
everything but the kitchen sink (uncountable)
- Almost everything, whether needed or not.
- She must have brought everything but the kitchen sink along on the trip, and how she lifted her suitcase, I do not know.
- Synonyms:
- everything under the sun, all the marbles, bag and baggage, everytang, everything but the galley stove, full monty, hook, line and sinker, kit and caboodle, lock
Questions about everything and the kitchen sink
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- Everything and the kitchen sink is the alternative form of everything but the kitchen sink.
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