everything but the kitchen sink

English

Alternative forms

• everything and the kitchen sink, everything including the kitchen sink

Etymology

Originally military slang, 1944.

Pronunciation

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Noun

everything but the kitchen sink (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) Almost everything, whether needed or not.

   Synonyms: everything under the sun; see also Thesaurus:everything

   She must have brought everything but the kitchen sink along on the trip, and how she lifted her suitcase, I do not know.

Derived terms

• kitchen-sinky

Translations

Almost everything, whether needed or not

• French: tout le/un/son bric-à-brac/bazar
• German: mit Sack und Pack (de), mit Kind und Kegel (de) (both only similar), alles, was nicht niet- und nagelfest ist
• Hungarian: az égvilágon/égadta világon/égegyadta világon minden/mindent
• Portuguese: tudo e mais um par de botas

Further reading

• “everything but the kitchen sink”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “everything but the kitchen sink”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.