everything but the kitchen sink

Speech parts

1. everything but the kitchen sink - Noun

2. everything but the kitchen sink - Phrase

Meaning

everything but the kitchen sink (uncountable)

(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.

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Synonyms

kit and caboodle

Antonyms

nix nada nil nihil nothing zero
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Related terms

kitchen sink regression

Examples

Mine was a patchwork God, sewn together from bits of rag and ribbon, Eastern and Western, pagan and Hebrew, everything but the kitchen sink and Jesus. Anne Lamott

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham added that he intended to pursue retaliatory measures by introducing a sanctions bill against Russia on Thursday "that has everything but the kitchen sink in it". Source: Internet

My medical team have thrown everything but the kitchen sink at this fight but all avenues have now been exhausted." Source: Internet

We used to call it "Kitchen Sink Chili" because it had everything but the kitchen sink in it! Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

everything but the kitchen sink

Close letter words and terms

everything beforementioned everything begins again everything but the galley stove everything considered everything else being equal everything even more