Everything bar the kitchen sink In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "everything bar the kitchen sink", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

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2021-07-04 08:07

Meaning of Everything bar the kitchen sink (redirected from everything but/bar the kitchen sink )

Everything but/bar the kitchen sink American British informal

Almost anything one can think of, and perhaps nearly redundant

When we left the rented house, we had to pack up everything but the kitchen sink to give it back to the landlord.

We had a picnic for only two days, but my mom brought everything but the kitchen sink along to use if necessary.

After Jane broke up with his girlfriend, he discarded everything but the kitchen sink regarding her.

Origin of Everything but/bar the kitchen sink

The phrase originated around the early 1900s and the first print reference can be found in 1918 in the newspaper The Syracuse Herald. The expression became popular during World War II, where it was said that everything but the kitchen sink was thrown at the enemy.

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