everybody and his brother

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everybody and his brother

pronoun everybody and their brother · everyone and his brother · everyone and their brother

  1. idiomatic, informal Everybody, everyone; also, a large number of people; most people.

    Similar: everybody and his cousin, everybody and their cousin, everyone and his cousin, everyone and their cousin, everybody and his dog, everybody and their dog, everyone and his dog, everyone and their dog, the whole world and his dog, everybody and his grandma, everybody and their grandma, everyone and his grandma

Opposite: one man and his dog

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Opposite: one man and his dog

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pron large number of people

Españolciento y la madre
日本語猫も杓子も

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@misc{everybody_and_his_brother_2026,
  title = {everybody and his brother},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/everybody%20and%20his%20brother},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}