"everything but the kitchen sink" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-everything but the kitchen sink.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Originally military slang, 1944. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=everything but the kitchen sink}} everything but the kitchen sink (uncountable)
  1. (idiomatic) Almost everything, whether needed or not. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Synonyms: everything under the sun, everything, everything and the kitchen sink, everything including the kitchen sink Related terms: kitchen sink regression, kitchen-sinky, kitchen-sinkery Translations (Almost everything, whether needed or not): tout le/un/son bric-à-brac/bazar (French), mit Sack und Pack (German), mit Kind und Kegel (english: both only similar) (German), alles, was nicht niet- und nagelfest ist (German), az égvilágon/égadta világon/égegyadta világon minden/mindent (Hungarian), tudo e mais um par de botas (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-everything_but_the_kitchen_sink-en-noun-muyr4-az

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        "(idiomatic) Almost everything, whether needed or not."
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      "word": "tout le/un/son bric-à-brac/bazar"
    },
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      "sense": "Almost everything, whether needed or not",
      "word": "alles, was nicht niet- und nagelfest ist"
    },
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      "sense": "Almost everything, whether needed or not",
      "word": "az égvilágon/égadta világon/égegyadta világon minden/mindent"
    },
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      "sense": "Almost everything, whether needed or not",
      "word": "tudo e mais um par de botas"
    }
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