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whole enchilada
noun
all of something US
Popularized in the US during the Watergate scandal of 1972–74.- “How much information did he relay out of there before we killed him?” “He had the whole enchilada on a tape recorder.” — Brian Garfield, The Last Bridge, p. 228, 1966
- Then Rice looked straight at the Garcias, knowing they’d go for the plan: bullshit, truth, the whole enchilada. — James Ellroy, Suicide Hill, p. 700, 1986
- You could’ve just taken the five, ten million Hindy Reno would’ve squeezed out of Twelvetrees for you. But no, you wanted the whole goddamn enchilada. — Robert Campbell, Alice in La-La Land, p. 318, 1987
- DICK: Now, if you want to sell a little bit at a time—CLARENCE: No way! The whole enchilada in one shot. — True Romance, 1993
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