everything and the kitchen sink
Every possible thing
Everything and the kitchen sink means absolutely everything, especially an excessive or unnecessary amount.
The phrase suggests throwing in every possible item, even ones as absurd as plumbing fixtures: They packed everything and the kitchen sink for a weekend trip.
Often shortened to and the kitchen sink or used as a modifier: a kitchen-sink approach to policy.
- packedFilled to capacity
- packed to the gillsFilled to absolute capacity
- maximalistAdvocate of extreme positions
- bells and whistlesSuperfluous attractive features
- clutterUntidy collection of items
junk drawer · overflow · omnibus · bric-a-brac · hodgepodge · grab bag · bag of tricks · plethora · assortment · surfeit · miscellany · smorgasbord · abundance · excess · throw in · idiomatic · catchall · multitude
everything and the kitchen sinknothing
Not any thing
bare minimum · bare essentials · next to nothing · very little · a handful
everything and the kitchen sinkspartan
Rigorously simple, unadorned
streamlined · austere · less is more · restrained · selective
everything and the kitchen sinknothing
Not any thing
bare minimum · bare bones · minimalist · next to nothing · stripped down