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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. 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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