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Meaning of the whole world and his dog | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Everybody; too many people; a huge crowd.

British, idiomatic, plural, plural-only

Examples

“I'd love to go to the Harry Potter opening, but the whole world and his dog will be there and I don't like crowds”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature the world and his wife the yellow peril the-rapist Thea Theadore