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everything but the kitchen sink

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  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.

Example Sentences

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"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

He used to joke that he’d seen everything but the kitchen sink, until a few years ago when they found one of those, too.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2022

Or is it everything but the kitchen sink?

From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2022

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 Piper, H. Beam

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