She packed everything but the kitchen sink for her short weekend trip.
everything but the kitchen sink
idiomAlmost everything, whether needed or not.
Origin
first recorded 20th c.Originally military slang, 1944.
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.
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call someone everything but a child of God
To call someone many abusive names.
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everything and the kitchen sink
Alternative form of everything but the kitchen sink.
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everything in the garden is rosy
Things are going well; everything is fine.
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everything one touches turns to gold
Everything someone uses or does succeeds or becomes better.
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everything one touches turns to shit
Everything someone uses or does fails or becomes worse.
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kitchen table software
Especially in the early years of personal computers, a set of computer programs developed by an entrepreneurial advanced amateur or self-employed professional computer programmer in his or her own home; software developed by a small business using the services of such programmers.
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let that sink in
Used to urge someone to take ample time to fully process or comprehend a surprising, shocking, or impactful statement.
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sink in
To become completely known, felt, or understood.