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
TaaviTAH:-vee (Finnish)Estonian, Finnish
ReadREEDEnglish (Rare)
Vilhelmoveel-HEL-moEsperanto
DarioDAHR-yo (Italian)Italian, Croatian
Endymion-Greek Mythology
HartmutHAHRT-moot (German)German, Ancient Germanic