kitchen

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everything and the kitchen sink

Nearly everything one can reasonably imagine; many different things, often to the point of excess or redundancy. An alternative form of "everything but the kitchen sink." After the bank foreclosed on our house, we had to pack up everything and the kitchen sink into our truck and drive across the state to my mother's house. We were only going to be camping for two nights, but she still insisted on bringing everything and the kitchen sink along with us.
See also: and, everything, kitchen, sink

everything but the kitchen sink

Nearly everything one can reasonably imagine; many different things, often to the point of excess or redundancy. After the bank foreclosed on our house, we had to pack up everything but the kitchen sink into our truck and drive across the state to my mother's house. We were only going to be camping for two nights, but she still insisted on bringing everything but the kitchen sink along with us.
See also: but, everything, kitchen, sink

everything from soup to nuts

Everything one can reasonably imagine; many different things, often to the point of excess or redundancy. After the bank foreclosed on our house, we had to pack up everything from soup to nuts into our truck and drive across the state to my mother's house. We were only going to be camping for two nights, but she still insisted on bringing everything from soup to nuts along with us.
See also: everything, nuts, soup

Hell's Kitchen

An area of midtown Manhattan that was once characterized by crime, slums, and general seediness. Unless you're looking to get mugged, I'd stay out of Hell's Kitchen if I were you.
See also: kitchen

if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

proverb If you can't cope with or handle the pressure in a given situation, you should remove yourself from that situation. Typically used to imply that the one being addressed is weak or unsuited for such work. The expression was popularized by US President Harry S. Truman. The pace is only going to pick up from here, newbie, so if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
See also: get, if, kitchen, of, out, stand

if you can't stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen

proverb If you can't cope with or handle the pressure in a given situation, you should remove yourself from that situation. Typically used to imply that the one being addressed is weak or unsuited for such work. The pace is only going to pick up from here, newbie, so if you can't stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen.
See also: if, keep, kitchen, of, out, stand

if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen

If you can't cope with or handle the pressure in a given situation, you should remove yourself from that situation. Typically used to imply that the person being addressed is weak or unsuited for such work. Primarily heard in US. The pace is only going to pick up from here, newbie, so if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
See also: get, if, kitchen, of, out, take

kitchen cabinet

A president's unofficial group of advisors, often ones who are thought to be very influential. Why does the president trust members of his kitchen cabinet more than those of us who have spent our entire careers in Washington?
See also: kitchen

kitchen-sink

Showing or pertaining to the lives of common, everyday people. (Always used before a noun.) You can see that people are becoming less interested in kitchen-sink television, wanting something more thrilling or fantastical. I've tried my hand at writing science fiction, but kitchen-sink novels seem to be the only thing I'm good at.

kitchen-sink approach

An approach to something that involves many different things, often to the point of excess or redundancy. An allusion to the phrase "everything but the kitchen sink," meaning nearly everything one can reasonably imagine. If this launch fails, we'll go bankrupt, so we need to take a kitchen-sink approach when we troubleshoot the app before it goes live. The politician has taken a kitchen-sink approach to her election campaign, promising to fix every political issue under the sun.
See also: approach

kitchen-sink drama

A style of British drama popular after World War II that shows or pertains to the lives of common, everyday people. Primarily heard in UK. I'm not entirely sure what the play is about, but I think it's some sort of kitchen-sink drama depicting everyday people in everyday situations. Is Alfie considered a kitchen-sink drama?
See also: drama

too many chefs in the kitchen

Too many people are trying to control, influence, or work on something, with the quality of the final product suffering as a result. (A variation of the more common phrase, "Too many chefs spoil the broth/stew/soup.") A: "The more that goes wrong with this project, the more people get involved. Now we've got my boss, his boss, the assistant manager, a freelance consultant, and the head of IT all involved, and it's turning into a complete disaster!" B: "It sounds to me like there are too many chefs in the kitchen."
See also: chef, kitchen, many

too many cooks in the kitchen

Too many people are trying to control, influence, or work on something, with the quality of the final product suffering as a result. (A variation of the more common phrase, "Too many cooks spoil the broth/stew/soup.") A: "The more that goes wrong with this project, the more people get involved. Now we've got my boss, his boss, the assistant manager, a freelance consultant, and the head of IT all involved, and it's turning into a complete disaster!" B: "It sounds to me like there are too many cooks in the kitchen."
See also: cook, kitchen, many

too many cooks spoil the broth

proverb If too many people try to control, influence, or work on something, the final product will be worse as a result. A: "We've got my boss, his boss, the assistant manager, a freelance consultant, and the head of IT all involved in this project, and it's turning into a complete disaster!" B: "Well, too many cooks spoil the broth, after all!"
See also: broth, cook, many, spoil
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

everything but the kitchen sink

Cliché almost everything one can think of. When Sally went off to college, she took everything but the kitchen sink. John orders everything but the kitchen sink when he goes out to dinner, especially if someone else is paying for it.
See also: but, everything, kitchen, sink

everything from soup to nuts

 and everything from A to Z
Cliché almost everything one can think of. For dinner we had everything from soup to nuts. In college I studied everything from soup to nuts.
See also: everything, nuts, soup

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Prov. If the pressures of some situation are too much for you, you should leave that situation. (Somewhat insulting; implies that the person addressed cannot tolerate pressure.) Alan: I didn't think being a stockbroker could be so stressful. Fred: If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Jill: This exercise class is too tough; the teacher should let us slow down. Jane: If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
See also: get, if, kitchen, of, out, stand
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

everything but the kitchen sink

Also, everything under the sun. Including just about everything, whether appropriate or not. For example, Our new car has every feature-everything but the kitchen sink. This hyperbolic term may date from the early 1900s but only became widespread in the mid-1900s. The variant employs under the sun in the sense of "everything on earth," a usage dating from about a.d. 1000.
See also: but, everything, kitchen, sink

if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

If the pressure or stress is too great, leave or give up. For example, It'll take a lot of weekend overtime to finish, so if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen . This folksy adage has been ascribed to President Harry S. Truman, who certainly said it and may have originated it. [c. 1950]
See also: get, if, kitchen, of, out, stand

too many cooks spoil the broth

Too many persons involved in managing an activity can ruin it, as in Without a conductor, every player had an idea for how the music should go-too many cooks spoil the broth . This expression alludes to each of many cooks adding something to a soup, which finally tastes awful. It was already considered a proverb in 1575 (by George Gascoigne in The Life of P. Care).
See also: broth, cook, many, spoil
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

too many cooks spoil the broth

BRITISH, AMERICAN or

too many cooks in the kitchen

AMERICAN
If you say too many cooks spoil the broth or too many cooks in the kitchen, you mean that a plan or project fails because there are too many people working on it at the same time. Documentation was meant to be written and edited by small teams at best — too many cooks spoil the broth. Declaring that `there are simply too many cooks in the kitchen', the Senator has proposed the creation of a single committee to handle this year's legislation. Note: People often use the shorter phrase too many cooks. So far nothing had worked. One problem was that there were simply too many cooks.
See also: broth, cook, many, spoil

if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

You say if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen to tell someone that if they cannot deal with a difficult situation, they should leave. If the pressure is too much for you, you know what they say, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Note: This expression is often varied, for instance by using can't take or don't like instead of can't stand, or by saying that someone should get out of the kitchen. I have no sympathy for local shopkeepers. If they can't take the heat, they should get out of the kitchen. If you are a manager of a top football club and you don't like the heat you should get out of the kitchen. Note: This expression became very widely known when the American President Harry S. Truman used it in 1952 to announce that he would not stand again for president.
See also: get, if, kitchen, of, out, stand

everything but the kitchen sink

You use everything but the kitchen sink to talk about a lot of different objects, many of which are unnecessary. They tend to pack everything but the kitchen sink in rather too many suitcases. Note: Kitchen sink is used in other structures to mean a lot of different objects. Their stores sell everything including the kitchen sink. Note: This expression is used humorously.
See also: but, everything, kitchen, sink
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

too many cooks spoil the broth

if too many people are involved in a task or activity, it will not be done well. proverb
1997 Times Too many cooks spoil the broth and at Apple there is now the equivalent of Marco Pierre White , Anton Mosimann and Nico Ladenis .
See also: broth, cook, many, spoil

if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

if you can't deal with the pressures and difficulties of a situation or task, you should leave others to deal with it rather than complaining. proverb
See also: get, if, kitchen, of, out, stand

everything but the kitchen sink

everything imaginable. informal, humorous
This expression was identified by Eric Partridge in his Dictionary of Forces' Slang ( 1948 ) as being used in the context of an intense bombardment in which the enemy fired everything they had except the kitchen sink (or including the kitchen sink ).
1965 Ed McBain Doll Brown began searching. ‘Everything in here but the kitchen sink,’ he said.
See also: but, everything, kitchen, sink
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

too many cooks spoil the ˈbroth

(saying) if too many people try to do something it will not be done well or properly
Broth is a kind of thick soup.
See also: broth, cook, many, spoil

everything but/bar the kitchen ˈsink

(informal, humorous) many more things than are necessary: She was only staying for a few days, but she brought everything with her bar the kitchen sink!
See also: bar, but, everything, kitchen, sink
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

everything from soup to nuts

and everything from A to Z and everything but the kitchen sink
n. everything imaginable. (Colloquial.) I have everything from soup to nuts in my briefcase. He brought everything but the kitchen sink.
See also: everything, nuts, soup

everything but the kitchen sink

verb
See everything from soup to nuts
See also: but, everything, kitchen, sink

If you can’t stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen

sent. If you cannot accept the problems of involvement, do not get involved. Yes, it’s difficult to be a candidate. If you can’t stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen.
See also: if, keep, kitchen, of, out, stand
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

everything but the kitchen sink

Virtually everything, implying things inappropriate as well as fitting. This term is thought to have originated in the early twentieth century and became very common after World War II. “[We] military services . . . are such perfectionists that we want everything but the kitchen sink in a weapon” (Wall Street Journal, 1958).
See also: but, everything, kitchen, sink

too many cooks spoil the broth

Too many individuals involved in a decision or project reduce its chances of success. The analogy to each cook adding a bit of this or that to the soup was drawn so long ago that in 1575 George Gascoigne already was referring to the expression as a proverb. There are many variants, such as too many generals lose the battle and too many commanders (or steersmen) sink the ship, but too many cooks is the principal survivor of this long-standing cliché.
See also: broth, cook, many, spoil
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • everything and the kitchen sink
  • everything under the sun
  • lovely
  • everything in the garden is lovely
  • everything in the garden is lovely/rosy
  • everything in the garden is rosy
  • rosy
  • everything
  • everything an' all
  • sum total
References in classic literature
Brown, as he opened the kitchen door; "content yourself with building castles in the air, where house-lots are cheaper than on earth, to say nothing of the cost of bricks and mortar.
Here then in his kitchen, the only room where a spark of fire took off the chill of a November evening, poor Peter Goldthwaite had just been visited by his rich old partner.
From Twice Told Tales
Reminded of her former achievement in that way, Mr Flintwinch held the candle to her head, as if he had some idea of lighting her up for the illumination of the kitchen.
'Affery, my woman,' said Mr Flintwinch grimly, after advancing his nose to that lady's lips as a test for the detection of spirituous liquors, 'if you don't get tea pretty quick, old woman, you'll become sensible of a rustle and a touch that'll send you flying to the other end of the kitchen.'
Little Dorrit
The indignant Independent did not wait to hear the end of this personal denunciation; for, catching up his carpet-bag, which was well stuffed with movables, he swung it in the air as Pott turned away, and, letting it fall with a circular sweep on his head, just at that particular angle of the bag where a good thick hairbrush happened to be packed, caused a sharp crash to be heard throughout the kitchen, and brought him at once to the ground.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club
The surgeon, submitting to destiny with the worst possible grace, dropped the charming Englishwoman's hand, and returned to his duties in the kitchen. The two ladies were left together in the room.
The New Magdalen
'I know why Hareton never speaks, when I am in the kitchen,' she exclaimed, on another occasion.
Owing to an accident at the commencement of March, he became for some days a fixture in the kitchen. His gun burst while out on the hills by himself; a splinter cut his arm, and he lost a good deal of blood before he could reach home.
Wuthering Heights
They went back to the front of the house, and tried in every way to move the bolt of the kitchen window.
It shone full and clear and cold, upon the house amongst the rocks, and in at the kitchen window.
Original Peter Rabbit Books
After I was dressed, I explored the long cellar next the kitchen. It was dug out under the wing of the house, was plastered and cemented, with a stairway and an outside door by which the men came and went.
The minute supper was over, Otto took me into the kitchen to whisper to me about a pony down in the barn that had been bought for me at a sale; he had been riding him to find out whether he had any bad tricks, but he was a `perfect gentleman,' and his name was Dude.
My Antonia
The interior of the kitchen we now saw greyly for the first time.
War Of The Worlds
Seth, always timid in his behaviour towards his mother, from the sense that he had no influence over her, felt it was useless to attempt to persuade or soothe her till this passion was past; so he contented himself with tending the back kitchen fire and folding up his father's clothes, which had been hanging out to dry since morning--afraid to move about in the room where his mother was, lest he should irritate her further.
Adam Bede
The store-room, the linen-presses, the china-closet, the kitchen and cellar, that day, all went under an awful review.
Uncle Toms Cabin