everyone and their mother

English

Alternative forms

• everybody and his mother
• everyone and his mother

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

everyone and their mother

1. (idiomatic) A large number of people; most people.
   • 2011, “Now Everyone And Their Mother Is Shorting China, Especially These Four Stocks”, in Business Insider:
   • 2007, Hot Fuzz:

     DS Andy Wainwright: You do know there are more guns in the country than there are in the city.
     DS Andy Cartwright: Everyone and their mums is packin' round here!

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:everybody.
• everyone and their grandma

Translations

everyone (hyperbolically)

• Swedish: varenda kotte, varenda käft, varenda jävel, fan och hans moster (sv)

See also

• and his mother