be the chief cook and bottle washer

be the chief cook and bottle washer

To be involved in many aspects of a particular situation. Because so many people have left our department recently, I'm the chief cook and bottle washer, doing every little task that comes up.
See also: and, bottle, chief, cook, washer
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • washer
  • head cook and bottle washer
  • bottlewasher
  • chief cook and bottle washer
  • chief cook and bottlewasher
  • chief cook and bottle-washer
  • cook
  • crack a bottle
  • on the bottle
  • stubby