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everything but the kitchen sink

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everything but the kitchen sink
Cliché almost everything one can think of. When Sally went off to college, she took everything but the kitchen sink. John orders everything but the kitchen sink when he goes out to dinner, especially if someone else is paying for it.
See also: but, everything, kitchen, sink
everything but the kitchen sink  (humorous)
a lot of different things, many of which you do not need We were only going away for the weekend, but Jack insisted on taking everything but the kitchen sink.
See also: but, everything, kitchen, sink
everything but the kitchen sink
almost all that you can imagine of something Here's a website that simply has everything but the kitchen sink.
Etymology: based on the idea that if you brought many things to someone, a kitchen sink is one of the last things you would bring because it is difficult to move
See also: but, everything, kitchen, sink
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Hence Mika returns with more of the same - a set of playful pop hallmarked by his joyful vocal style, big everything but the kitchen sink production and hook-laden songs.
MIKA The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
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All they need to do is cast their minds back to the days when Thatcher destroyed industry, wrecked communities, stopped children's school milk, sold off everything but the kitchen sink, brought about the dreaded poll tax, the list just goes on.
Letter: YOUR SHOUT - Tories unlikely to win North by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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