IdiomDaily Life
English
Englishthe whole kit and caboodle
Meaning: The entire amount; the whole lot.
Example: “They sold the farm, the tractors, the whole kit and caboodle.”
Equivalents in other languages
German: mit allem Drum und Dran Literally: With everything around and on it
French: Tout le saint-frusquin Literally: The whole holy frusquin
Origin: "Kit" meant a soldier's or worker's set of equipment, and "the whole kit" meant everything. "Caboodle" may come from "boodle," a Dutch-derived word (boedel, possessions) for a crowd or lot. The combined phrase is American from the late 19th century.
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