kit and boodle
- idiom
- /kɪt ənd ˈbuːdəl/
- Informal
:
todo el kit y boodle
- She decided to sell her house, furniture, car—the whole kit and boodle.
Examples
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For one price, you get the kit and boodle thrown in, not just the basics.
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When they moved from the city, they took the kit and boodle, including furniture and personal items.
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He packed up his belongings, his family, and the kit and boodle and moved to the countryside.
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They brought the kit and boodle to the picnic.
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When we moved, we took the kit and boodle with us.
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She decided to sell her house and everything in it, the whole kit and boodle.
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For the family reunion, they brought the kit and boodle: food, games, and all the essentials.
Synonyms
55
3.8
Everything extra you can have, like extra burger toppings or a full spa service
8
8.5
All the things or people together as a group
7
8.0
Everything that is part of something
5
7.7
All the things and people in a group or place
4
6.7
All the things and people connected with something
3
5.2
All the things you need for an activity, like tools and supplies
3
3.6
All the extra services and options included with a product or service
2
3.9
Everything included, for example all parts or options
1
7.7
All the things or people involved
All the things in a group or set
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase's meaning 'the whole of something' is idiomatic and not compositionally derived from its parts: 'kit' (a set) plus 'and' do not transparently yield the sense, and 'boodle' is unattested/opaque here. This mirrors the idiomatic pattern of 'kit and caboodle' and would be unpredictable to a B1 learner even if they knew the individual words.
Etymology
The phrase kit and boodle may come from joining kit, meaning tools or small things, with an old word boodle that meant people's 'goods' or 'the whole lot'. Together they give the picture of all your things being included, so it now means 'everything' or 'the whole of something'.