everyone and his cousin



everyone and his cousin

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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
QuiqueKEE-keSpanish
Sharru-Kinu-Ancient Near Eastern
Kristinakris-TEE-nah (German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian, Faroese,
Meira-Hebrew
EifionAYV-yon, IEV-yonWelsh
Gillis-Dutch