I want the whole shebang for my birthday party.
whole shebang
idiomEverything; the entire thing.
Origin
Fixed expression from shebang, first attested in the United States from the early 1860s, from which time it has increasingly dominated the uses of "shebang" itself.
We bought the house, the furniture, and the garden tools—the whole shebang.
After the merger, the new owners insisted on auditing the entire company, including the accounts, the staff, and the whole shebang.
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go the whole hog
To do something as completely or entirely as possible; to hold back or reserve nothing.
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have the whole bakery
To have large, callipygian buttocks; to be caked up.
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smoke the whole pack
To be made to go all in on something one only wanted a lesser amount of.
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the whole world and his dog
Everybody; too many people; a huge crowd.
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whole ball of wax
The entire or overall plan, concept or action.
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whole box of tricks
Everything and anything associated with a certain enterprise.
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whole cloth
in full extent, wholesale, entirely, without changes or additions
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whole enchilada
All of something or a group of related things taken in totality.
Last updated April 17, 2026