everybody and his brother

English

Alternative forms

• everybody and their brother, everybody and his cousin, everybody and their cousin, everybody and his dog, everybody and their dog, everybody and his grandma, everybody and their grandma, everybody and his mother, everybody and their mother, everybody and his uncle, everybody and their uncle, everyone and his brother, everyone and their brother, everyone and his cousin, everyone and their cousin, everyone and his dog, everyone and their dog, everyone and his grandma, everyone and their grandma, everyone and his mother, everyone and their mother, everyone and his uncle, everyone and their uncle

Pronoun

everybody and his brother

1. (idiomatic) A large number of people; most people.

Synonyms

• the whole world and his dog
• see also Thesaurus:everybody

Translations

everyone (hyperbolically), a large number of people

• Hungarian: boldog-boldogtalan (hu)
• Japanese: 猫も杓子も (ja)
• Scottish Gaelic: a h-uile mac-màthar (literally “every mother's son”), mac-màthar m (literally “mother's son”), nighean-mhàthar f (literally “mother's daughter”)
• Spanish: ciento y la madre (es)
• Swedish: varenda kotte, varenda käft, varenda jävel, fan och hans moster (sv)

See also

• (everybody and his mother,) and his mother
• (everybody and his dog,) one man and his dog