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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
chief cook and bottle washer
One who is 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
gully washer
An extremely heavy rainstorm that usually lasts a short amount of time. That gully washer at 3 AM woke me up because the pouring rain was so loud on the roof!
See also: washer
head cook and bottle washer
One who is 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, cook, head, washer
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
chief cook and bottle washer
Fig. the person in charge of practically everything (such as in a very small business). I'm the chief cook and bottle washer around here. I do everything.
See also: and, bottle, chief, cook, washer
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
chief cook and bottle-washer
a person who performs a variety of important but routine tasks. informalSee also: and, chief, cook
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
head cook and bottle washer
and chief cook and bottle washer n. someone who is in charge of trivial things as well as the important things. Ten years I’m here, and I’m just the head cook and bottle washer. The chief cook and bottle washer ends up doing everything that has to be done.
See also: and, bottle, cook, head, washer
chief cook and bottle washer
verbSee head cook and bottle washer
See also: and, bottle, chief, cook, washer
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
chief cook and bottle washer
Individual who has most of the many and quite varied responsibilities in an enterprise. This slangy Americanism originated in the first half of the 1800s. Alluding to kitchen duties, the term is used far more broadly, as in “Mr. Miller described himself as the ‘president, chief cook and bottle washer’ of his company” (New York Times, Nov. 7, 1992).
See also: and, bottle, chief, cook, washer
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- be the chief cook and bottle washer
- bottlewasher
- chief cook and bottle washer
- chief cook and bottlewasher
- chief cook and bottle-washer
- head cook and bottle washer
- cook
- crack a bottle
- on the bottle
- stubbie