whole enchilada
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[edit]the whole enchilada (plural whole enchiladas)
- (informal, idiomatic) All of something or a group of related things taken in totality.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:everything
- 1984, William Diehl, Hooligans:
- They need a fall guy for the whole enchilada.
- 2001, Jane Heller, Name Dropping: What If Two Very Different Women Had the Same Exact Name?:
- "I want the wife, the kids, the house, the dog, the whole enchilada," he said in his rapid-fire way of talking.
- 2002, Whil Hentzen, The Software Developer's Guide:
- Your job as a software developer is not to simply slam out code, but to deliver the whole enchilada.
- 2004, Rick Farren, The Secret of the Lighthouse:
- It is only by loving all of ourselves (the whole enchilada!) that unconditional love of self is possible.