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everything but the kitchen sink |
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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. 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 |
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``This is one of those teams that's just absolutely bent on me not scoring and they throw everything but the kitchen sink,'' Bryant said. They are asking for everything but the kitchen sink," Lynn remarked. The title here refers to that classic Belgian soup that contains everything but the kitchen sink, and it is an exploration of the moods and humors desultorily inspired by Descartes's descriptions of the human condition. |
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everything but the kitchen sink