everything but the kitchen sink

phrase

variants or less commonly everything and the kitchen sink

: a large number and variety of something

… in the food lineup is what might be the borough's most weighty pizza. … The creation is topped with everything but the kitchen sink …

—Pamela Silvestri

Head coach Erik Spoelstra and his experienced Miami Heat squad threw everything but the kitchen sink [=as many different moves, strategies, etc. as possible] at the Cavaliers defensively on Tuesday night.

—Robert Fenbers

If you tend to take trips in the car, you can go for something bigger, where you can cram in everything and the kitchen sink.

—Deborah Cicurel

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for everything but the kitchen sink

• bethink
• downlink
• groupthink
• hoodwink
• rethink
• uplink
• blink
• brink
• chink
• cinque
• clink
• dink