everything, but the kitchen sink. Okay. It basically means that somebody is

bringing way too much or an amount that is far beyond what they should be taking.

Let's continue here. Yes. So the idiom could be rephrased as everything except

the kitchen sink. So you could say somebody's thinking everything but the

kitchen sink or everything except the kitchen sink. It emphasizes that you want

to take more than a reasonable amount. So somebody's complaining about it or they

complaining about how much somebody wants to take. So let's continue. Many

people think the origin... you know. where it came from

of this idiom may come from an older phrase everything but the kitchen stove

Yeah. This, this was heard a lot around the early 1900s.

There was even an old ad for luggage in 1915 which stated you can get everything

in but the kitchen stove. Yeah. They were trying to sell luggage and they wanted

to show how big the luggage was. That it was very spacious. It had a lot of space.

So that's what they said in the advertisement. You get everything in but

the kitchen stove. Where you have plenty of space for everything or more than enough space

for everything. Let's continue. During World War two , the phrase was made more

popular. Although by this time it had become everything but the kitchen sink.

More popular by saying the US forces were throwing everything but the kitchen

sink at the Japanese. Yes. That was during World War two. They said that was

reported in the newspapers a lot. That sort of line. All right. So let's just look

at a couple of examples of how we use this phrase today. Example number one.

Every time we go on vacation, my wife will pack about ten suitcases. She

refuses to cut down. She refuses to reduce. She wants to bring everything but

the kitchen sink. All right. So that's the way maybe some

husband might say it. And the second one. Well this is the way some wife might be

complaining about husband. We are in the process of moving and I

want my husband to throw a lot away, but he insists on taking everything but the

kitchen sink. Okay. So anyway you see how it's got to be. It's usually meant in humor to

emphasize that somebody , again is taking much more than the speaker thinks is a

reasonable amount. Okay. I hope you got it. I hope it's clear.

Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.