EVERYTHING BUT/EXCEPT THE KITCHEN SINK - Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of everything but/except the kitchen sink in English

everything but/except the kitchen sink

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a much larger number of things than is necessary:
We're only going on vacation for a week, but John will insist on taking everything but the kitchen sink.
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(Definition of everything but/except the kitchen sink from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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in Chinese (Traditional)
幾乎全部東西, 過多的東西…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
几乎全部东西, 过多的东西…
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