whole shebang

plural whole shebangs · alternative whole chebang · alternative whole shabang

1. idiomaticinformalwith definite articleEverything; the entire thing.

   The festival had balloons, flowers, fireworks, performers, and the whole shebang.

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   On the third the whole "chebang" was removed [...]

   1863, James Bryan, A Short Account of the "Mary Ann" Hospital, Grand Gulf, Miss.

   I am growing more and more sick of factions, gossip, jealousies, recriminations, excoriations and the whole literary shee-bang.

   1924, Harold Hart Crane, letter

   2002, Treasure Planet, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker Doctor, I'd love to chat. Tea, cake, the whole shebang. But I've got a ship to launch and you've got your outfit to buff up.

   “Food here's pretty good. They don't serve bog juice. Real tea and real coffee. Ice cream, pop, chips. The whole shebang. Every day's a wingding, brother.”

   2004, Leo Furey, The Long Run, page 331

   Of course, they would win the whole shebang in 1974, when “Waterloo” [won] (sung in English by Swedes about a Frenchman in Belgium— how much more international can one song get?), but the bitter taste of past failures is not something one forgets...

   2011, Dave Thompson, 1000 Songs that Rock Your World, page 209

   Synonyms: all the marbles, bag and baggage, everytang, everything but the galley stove, everything but the kitchen sink, everything under the sun, full monty, hook