everything under the sun
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4.1
- idiom
- Informal
:
todo lo que existe
- During the summer picnic, we discussed everything under the sun, from our favorite books to the latest movies.
- talk about everything under the sun
- discuss everything under the sun
- try everything under the sun
And instead they're, they're trying to do everything under the sun to convince you that it wasn't them.
- And instead they're, they're trying to do everything under the sun to convince you that it wasn't them.
- Samsung users are used to being able to do everything under the sun.
- I give the American truck drivers that basically, you know, move everything under the sun around this country.
- People were excited and, you know, web series can mean anything and everything under the sun.
- OK, they didn't sell everything under the sun, but they only had a few things and they really focus on quality.
- As far as therapy is concerned, I've tried everything from CBT to EMDR to, you know, TMS, everything, everything under the sun.
- Friends don't do it anymore, but I have really tried everything under the sun.
Examples
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At the conference, experts covered everything under the sun related to climate change and its impact on the environment.
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Talk about everything under the sun... women, life, death, art.
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Oh yes, I have tried a little bit of everything under the sun trying to find something that just felt right.
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We tried everything under the sun to get her to sleep longer, better, ever.
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We got talking about everything under the sun, and of course we talked about jazz.
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We met every Sunday night and spent our time discussing everything under the sun.
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OK, they didn't sell everything under the sun, but they only had a few things and they really focus on quality.
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We talked about everything under the sun, much to the amusement of the other customers.
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It's especially hard to lose weight when you feel like you've tried everything under the sun and nothing's worked.
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The new store promises to offer everything under the sun, ensuring that customers will find whatever they need.
Synonyms
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1.0
All the things or all that someone has
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3.2
Almost anything you can think of, with only a few exceptions
A way to say there are almost all things you can think of
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Surface Forms
Morphology
everything + under + the + Sun
The sense 'everything imaginable' is directly derivable from 'everything' (all things) combined with the locative phrase 'under the sun' (literally, beneath the sun → in the world/that exist). This spatial/metaphorical composition is transparent and cross-linguistically accessible, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Everything under the sun may come from a simple picture: the sun shines on the whole world, so things 'under the sun' are all the things on earth. So, everything under the sun means 'everything imaginable'.