Idiom
everything but the kitchen sink
Meaning
Almost everything, whether needed or not.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She packed everything but the kitchen sink for her short weekend trip.”
“When we moved into our new apartment, my brother insisted on bringing everything but the kitchen sink, even though we only had space for the essentials.”
“The amateur explorer arrived at the base camp carrying everything but the kitchen sink, clearly unaware that the steep mountain path would require a much lighter load.”
Examples
simple
“She packed everything but the kitchen sink for her short weekend trip.”
contextual
“When we moved into our new apartment, my brother insisted on bringing everything but the kitchen sink, even though we only had space for the essentials.”
complex
“The amateur explorer arrived at the base camp carrying everything but the kitchen sink, clearly unaware that the steep mountain path would require a much lighter load.”
Origin
Originally military slang, 1944.
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