the whole bit



the whole bit

all of something, including everything connected with it When I have a meeting I wear a suit and tie and the whole bit, but otherwise, it's old jeans and a T-shirt.
Related vocabulary: the whole ball of wax
See also: bit, whole

the whole bit

  (American informal)
the whole of something, including everything that is connected with it And what a night it was - moonlight, wine, good food, soft music - the whole bit.
See also: bit, whole

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gracianograh-THYAH-no (Spanish), grah-SYAH-no (Latin American Spanish), grə-SYA-noo (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese
Rebekkare-BE-kah (German), RE-bek-kah (Finnish)German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish, Biblical Greek
Lital-Hebrew
Hui-Chinese
KelleyKEL-eeEnglish
Amadej-Slovene