everything but the kitchen sink

Idioms  

1. Also, everything under the sun. Including just about everything, whether appropriate or not. For example, Our new car has every feature—everything but the kitchen sink. This hyperbolic term may date from the early 1900s but only became widespread in the mid-1900s. The variant employs under the sun in the sense of “everything on earth,” a usage dating from about a.d. 1000.

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everything but the kitchen sink

In other words, they throw in everything but the kitchen sink into their calculations.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Fast cars, jazz drummers, time travelers, bounty hunters — you’ll find everything but the kitchen sink in this month’s roundup of noteworthy titles leaving Netflix in the United States.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

"They threw everything but the kitchen sink at us," Mr DeSantis said.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2024

However, try not to pack everything but the kitchen sink!

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

They have everything but the kitchen sink in them, including enough oxygen to sustain combustion even under water or in a vacuum.

From Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper

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