the world and his wife

(all) the world and his wife

(British & Australian informal)

a very large number of people It's a huge outdoor concert - I imagine the world and his wife will be there.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Liat	-	Hebrew
HrÓ&Eth;ÓLfr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
EmÍLia	-	Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
Cleisthenes	KLIES-thə-neez (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Husam	hu-SAH:M	Arabic
MargrÉT	-	Icelandic