everyone and their dog

English

Alternative forms

• everybody and their dog

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

everyone and their dog

1. A large number of people; most people.
   • 2009, Susan Case, That's a Dead One Alright, Tate Publishing, →ISBN, page 114:

     "Mind you, this was years before everyone and their dog had a cell phone."

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:everybody.

Translations

a large number of people

• Hungarian: boldog-boldogtalan (hu)
• Japanese: 猫も杓子も (ja)
• Spanish: ciento y la madre (es)

See also

• one man and his dog