all the world and his wife

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Polite Conversation by Jonathan Swift, 1731.[1]

Noun[edit]

all the world and his wife pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial) Everybody imaginable.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Robert Allen, Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases. Penguin Books Limited, 2008.