British & Australian

a kitchen-sink play, film, or style of painting is one which shows ordinary people's lives.

Kitchen-sink drama came into fashion in the 1950s. (always before noun)

In his latest work, he is moving away from kitchen-sink realism towards a more experimental style of painting.

• the upper crust
• the villain of the piece
• the way things are
• the way things are going
• the wheel has come full circle.
• the wheel has turned full circle.
• the wheels are turning
• the whole ball of wax
• the whole bit
• the whole caboodle
• the whole enchilada
• the whole kaboodle
• the whole kit and caboodle
• the whole nine yards
• the whole picture
• the whole shebang
• the whole shooting match
• the whole works
• the whys and the wherefores
• the whys and wherefores
• the whys and wherefores of
• the whys and wherefores of something
• the witching hour
• the woman in the street
• the woman of dreams