everybody and his cousin



everybody and his cousin

Used hyperbolically to express a large number or a majority of people. I'm so jealous, everybody and his cousin is going on a vacation this summer except for me.
See also: and, cousin, everybody

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bergman['bə:gmən]
Desta-Eastern African, Amharic
Sandeep-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil
Hyeon-Jeonghyun-jungKorean
Tamela-English
ErdoĞAn-Turkish