up the yin-yang
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[edit]- (idiomatic, colloquial, mildly vulgar) Synonym of out the wazoo.
- We've got bananas up the yin-yang this week. Does anyone know how to make banana bread?
- 1977, Educational Theatre Journal[1], volume 29, number 2, University and College Theatre Association.; American Theatre Association, page 280:
- ...the currently fashionable barbarism of plus used as a conjunction; and the reference to Ethel Merman as "The Merm"; and the misuse of a favorite slang expression ("... these Kander and Ebb songs did their duty up the yin-yang (sic)").