whole shebang
Everything; the entire thingEverything; the entire thing.
» We're gonna have flowers, cake, expensive wine - the whole shebang!
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, informal, with definite article)Everything; the entire thing.
The festival had balloons, flowers, fireworks, performers, and the whole shebang.
2002, Treasure Planet, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker Doctor, I'd love to chat. Tea, cake, the whole shebang. But I've got a ship to launch and you've got your outfit to buff up.
всего-то деловvsevo-to delov, вот и всё делоvot i vsjo delo, вся штукаvsja štuka
everything available; usually preceded by ‘the’
Examples
3 sentencesWe're gonna have flowers, cake, expensive wine - the whole shebang!
The recipe calls for parsley, basil, coriander, the whole shebang.
We talked about prehistory, history, the future, the whole shebang.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
Fixed expression from shebang, first attested in the United States from the early 1860s, fFixed expression from shebang, first attested in the United States from the early 1860s, from which time it has increasingly dominated the uses of "shebang" itself.
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Forms
plural: whole shebangsSynonyms
30 synonyms- everything available; usually preceded by ‘the’:whole kit and caboodlekit and caboodlewhole kit and boodlekit and boodlewhole kitwhole caboodlewhole worksworks