everything but the kitchen sink
everything but the kitchen sink noun: almost everything, whether needed or not.
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
Synonyms of everything but the kitchen sink
- 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
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Forms of everything but the kitchen sink
| alternative form | everything and the kitchen sink |
|---|---|
| alternative form | everything including the kitchen sink |
Origin of everything but the kitchen sink
Originally military slang, 1944.
Questions about everything but the kitchen sink
- What does everything but the kitchen sink mean?
- Everything but the kitchen sink means almost everything, whether needed or not.
- What part of speech is everything but the kitchen sink?
- Everything but the kitchen sink is a noun.
Words near everything but the kitchen sink in the dictionary
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