Everything But The Kitchen Sink Definition, Sentence Examples
EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK MEANING – Find out what everything but the kitchen sink really means. Example sentences of this idiomatic expression can also be found here.
The first recorded use of the expression in print dates back to 1918 and appears in The Syracuse Herald, a newspaper that was published in the early 1900s. The phrase first appeared during World War II, when it was reported that the enemy had been attacked with everything but the kitchen sink. This led to the false assumption that the expression was created during World War II.
The phrase “everything but the kitchen stove” is a predecessor to this one and first appears in the Jeffersonville National Democrat in 1894. The current phrase probably evolved from this earlier phrase.
Everything But The Kitchen Sink Meaning:
- practically everything that one may imagine
- a very large number of things, whether needed or not
- everything imaginable
- the number of objects is far beyond what is required
- just about everything
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Here are examples of sentences that use everything but the kitchen sink:
- Check out this Facebook page. It talks of everything but the kitchen sink.
- You will find everything but the kitchen sink at our one-stop shop.
- When Bernadette moved out of the house, she took along everything but the kitchen sink.
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