everyone and their dog



everyone and their dog

A large number or a majority of people. Used hyperbolically. I'm so jealous, everyone and their dog is going on a vacation this summer except for me.
See also: and, dog, everyone

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Damokles-Greek Mythology
Mazin-Arabic
Veronikavye-rah-NEE-kah (Russian), vee-rah-NEE-kah (Russian), ve-RO-nee-kah (German, Croatian)Russian, Czech, Slovak, German, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Swedish, Norweg
Filippus-Dutch
FemkeFEM-kə (Dutch)Dutch, Frisian
MoragMOR-akScottish