everything but the kitchen sink

English

Alternative forms

• everything and the kitchen sink

Noun

everything but the kitchen sink (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) 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
• with the whole lot

Derived terms

• kitchen-sinky

Translations

Almost everything, whether needed or not

• German: mit Sack und Pack (de), mit Kind und Kegel (de) (both only similar), alles, was nicht niet- und nagelfest ist (de)