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all the world and his wife
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Etymology
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From
Polite Conversation
by Jonathan Swift, 1731.
[1]
Noun
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all
the
world
and
his
wife
pl
(
plural only
)
(
colloquial
)
Everybody
imaginable
.
See also
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everybody and his mother
References
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^
Robert Allen, Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases. Penguin Books Limited, 2008.
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