all the world and his wife

English

Etymology

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

Noun

all the world and his wife pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial) Everybody imaginable.

See also

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