everyone and his grandma
The whole world
Everyone and his grandma means absolutely everybody, emphasizing that something is widespread or universally known.
The phrase suggests even the most unlikely people are included—not just the young and connected, but elderly relatives too: Everyone and his grandma has seen that video.
Variants include everyone and their grandma, everyone and their mother, and everyone and their dog.
- old wivesElderly women passing lore
- all hands on deckEveryone must participate
- all-inclusiveCovering every element
- the whole shebangThe entire affair
- the whole kit and caboodleAll items included
informal speech · comprehensive · entirety · the whole nine yards · totality · street talk · word on the street · colloquialisms · conversational tone · universal · far and wide · matriarchs · widespread · over-the-top · all and sundry · any and all · communal · larger-than-life
everyone, grandma, grandmother, granddad, grandfather, grandparent, grandchild, grandly, grandeur