英语词汇everything but the kitchen sink的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	everything but the kitchen sink
词源	everything but the kitchen sink. Everything imaginable, available, everything under the Sun: “They fired everything but the kitchen sink at us.” The phrase may derive from World War II, but is often used allusively. Everything but the kitchen stove means the same and is about 20 years older.
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