the whole world and his dog
Everybody; too many people; a huge crowdEverybody; too many people; a huge crowd.
» One of the dogs is alive.
Einer der Hunde lebt. — Tamy
Einer der Hunde ist lebendig. — studybrick_samuel
Одна из собак жива. — marafon
Один із собак живий. — deniko
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1 senses(UK, idiomatic, plural, plural only)Everybody; too many people; a huge crowd.
I'd love to go to the Harry Potter opening, but the whole world and his dog will be there and I don't like crowds
Examples
2733 sentencesOne of the dogs is alive.
Один із собак живий. — deniko
ruОдна из собак жива. — marafon
deEiner der Hunde lebt. — Tamy
The girl is afraid of dogs.
Дівчинка боїться собак. — deniko
ruДевочка боится собак. — timsa
deDas Mädchen hat Angst vor Hunden. — Wolf
The dog seems to be sick.
Собака, здається, хворий. — deniko
ruСобака, похоже, больна. — marafon
deDer Hund scheint krank zu sein. — Esperantostern
The dog didn't eat the meat.
Собака не з'їв м'яса. — aandrusiak
ruСобака не ела это мясо. — Arkadeko
deDer Hund fraß das Fleisch nicht. — Esperantostern
The dog came running to her.
Собака підбіг до неї. — uaspeaker
ruСобака подбежала к ней. — Hellerick
Forms
plural: the whole world and his dogs| Singular | the whole world and his dog |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.