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

Examples of everything but the kitchen sink in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There is a generous middle ground between playing rental-kitchen roulette and packing up everything but the kitchen sink. — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026

This Shrimp-and-Sausage Gumbo recipe features everything but the kitchen sink and can be frozen up to three months and thawed out for an easy Tuesday-night dinner. — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 25 July 2026

One can appreciate Vaccarello’s focus at a time in fashion in which most designers put everything but the kitchen sink on the runway, simply to see what sticks. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 7 Mar. 2026

While throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the wall in this manner might sound incomprehensible, the developing romance between Momo and Okarun cuts through the chaos. — Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025

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