the whole kit and caboodle
Meaning: The entire amount; the whole lot.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The expression is often used to describe items which might not normally be included or which one might expect to be excluded, such as the trash from the wastebaskets (sentence 2). Dating from the late 1800s, the whole kit and caboodle is actually the combination of words with a similar meaning. Both kit and caboodle mean a collection, and the combination into a single phrase is a way of adding emphasis.
More idioms — Daily Life
- go the whole nine yards — The entire amount; (to go) all out.
- wing it — To improvise; to do something without planning or preparation.
- wipe the slate clean — To set a situation right or erase something bad.
- yellow — Cowardly.
- yellow journalism — Journalism that is exaggerated or unnecessarily sensational.
- with flying colors — Triumphantly; victoriously.
More English idioms
- come from the wrong side of the tracks — The poor part of town.
- The last straw that broke the camel's back — The final small burden that causes a total collapse.
- To have a frog in your throat — To have difficulty speaking due to hoarseness.
- It's raining cats and dogs — It's raining extremely heavily.
- To have butterflies in your stomach — To feel nervous excitement.
- Bob's your uncle — And there you have it; simple as that.
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