the world and his wife

British EnglishBrE everyone or anybody – used when you want to emphasize that a lot of people do something or anyone can do something 人人；很多人

It seemed that the world and his wife had come to Madrid.

似乎全世界的人都到马德里来了。

Examples from the Corpus

the world and his wife• Now all the world and his wife seems to have heard of them!• Only all the world and his wife, if I know Igor.• It seemed that all the world and his wife were in Madrid.• Nick and Clem will have invited half the world and his wife, anyway.• The reason the world and his wife head for these shores is they know that their chances of deportation are virtually non-existent.• This also facilitated close up shots to be taken without the world and his wife looking on.

→ the world and his wife at world1(23)

词汇	the world and his wife
释义	the world and his wife the world and his wife British EnglishBrE everyone or anybody – used when you want to emphasize that a lot of people do something or anyone can do something 人人；很多人 It seemed that the world and his wife had come to Madrid. 似乎全世界的人都到马德里来了。 Examples from the Corpus the world and his wife• Now all the world and his wife seems to have heard of them!• Only all the world and his wife, if I know Igor.• It seemed that all the world and his wife were in Madrid.• Nick and Clem will have invited half the world and his wife, anyway.• The reason the world and his wife head for these shores is they know that their chances of deportation are virtually non-existent.• This also facilitated close up shots to be taken without the world and his wife looking on. → the world and his wife at world1(23)
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