whole megillah

the whole megillah

Everything; the entirety of something. There's nothing more to tell you. That's the whole megillah. While I'm in Europe, I want to go to Paris, London—the whole megillah.
See also: Megillah, whole
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

whole megillah

Also, whole schmeer. Everything, every aspect or element, as in The accountant went through the whole megillah all over again, or Her divorce lawyer took him for the house, the car, the whole schmeer. The first term alludes to the Megillah, five books of the Bible read on certain Jewish feast days and considered by some to be very long and tedious. Schmeer is Yiddish for "smear" or "smudge." [Slang; second half of 1900s]
See also: Megillah, whole
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • Megillah
  • the whole megillah
  • the whole jimbang
  • the whole jingbang
  • the whole lot
  • the whole ball of wax
  • whole ball of wax
  • whole ball of wax, the
  • the whole shooting match
  • the whole shebang