"everyone and their mother" meaning in English

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Pronoun

Audio: en-au-everyone and their mother.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun}} everyone and their mother
  1. (idiomatic) A large number of people; most people. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: everyone and their grandma, everybody and his mother, everyone and his mother Related terms: and his mother Translations (everyone (hyperbolically)): varenda kotte (Swedish), varenda käft (Swedish), varenda jävel (Swedish), fan och hans moster (Swedish)

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