whole shebang

Meaning

Everything; the entire thing.

Synonyms

whole caboodle

full treatment

kit and boodle

whole kit

whole kit and boodle

whole works

Translations

tout le bataclan

camas y petacas

equipo completo

todo el rollo

tratamiento completo

Etymology

Fixed expression from shebang, first attested in the United States from the early 1860s, from which time it has increasingly dominated uses of "shebang" itself.

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