"everybody and their dog" meaning in English

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Pronoun

IPA: /ˈɛvɹiɪbɒdi n̩ ðɛː ˈdɒɡ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-bə-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛvɹiˌbɑdi n̩ ðɛɹ ˈdɔɡ/ (note: General American, stressed form), /-vɹə-/ (note: General American, stressed form), /-(ˌ)bədi-/ [General-American, unstressed] (note: General American, stressed form), /-ðəɹ-/ (note: General American, stressed form), /-dɑɡ/ [cot-caught-merger] (note: General American, stressed form) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-everybody and their dog.wav [General-American], En-au-everybody and their dog.ogg [Australia] Forms: everybody and his dog [alternative], everyone and his dog [alternative], everyone and their dog [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɒɡ Etymology: From everybody + and + their + dog. Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun}} everybody and their dog
  1. (idiomatic, informal) Synonym of everybody and his brother (“everybody, everyone; also, a large number of people; most people”). Tags: idiomatic, informal Synonyms: everybody and his brother [synonym, synonym-of], the whole world and his dog, the list at everybody and his brother and Thesaurus:everybody
    Sense id: en-everybody_and_their_dog-en-pron-NSK1KxTG Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "etymology_text": "From everybody + and + their + dog.",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
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        },
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          "name": "English pronouns",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        },
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          "ref": "1894 February, “Reminiscences”, in The Station Agent:",
          "text": "Everybody and their dog in that town had the \"fever and ague,\" and they walked about like ghosts.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Synonym of everybody and his brother (“everybody, everyone; also, a large number of people; most people”)."
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        [
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          "everyone"
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        [
          "large",
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        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "person#Noun"
        ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, informal) Synonym of everybody and his brother (“everybody, everyone; also, a large number of people; most people”)."
      ],
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          "word": "the whole world and his dog"
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        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛvɹiɪbɒdi n̩ ðɛː ˈdɒɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-bə-/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛvɹiˌbɑdi n̩ ðɛɹ ˈdɔɡ/",
      "note": "General American, stressed form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-vɹə-/",
      "note": "General American, stressed form"
    },
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      "note": "General American, stressed form",
      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/-ðəɹ-/",
      "note": "General American, stressed form"
    },
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      "ipa": "/-dɑɡ/",
      "note": "General American, stressed form",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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  "etymology_text": "From everybody + and + their + dog.",
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    {
      "form": "everybody and his dog",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "everyone and his dog",
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        "Rhymes:English/ɒɡ",
        "Rhymes:English/ɒɡ/7 syllables"
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      ],
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        "(idiomatic, informal) Synonym of everybody and his brother (“everybody, everyone; also, a large number of people; most people”)."
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-bə-/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛvɹiˌbɑdi n̩ ðɛɹ ˈdɔɡ/",
      "note": "General American, stressed form"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-vɹə-/",
      "note": "General American, stressed form"
    },
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      "ipa": "/-(ˌ)bədi-/",
      "note": "General American, stressed form",
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      "ipa": "/-ðəɹ-/",
      "note": "General American, stressed form"
    },
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      "note": "General American, stressed form",
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        "cot-caught-merger"
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      "word": "the whole world and his dog"
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    {
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}

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