everybody and their dog

== English == === Etymology === From everybody + and + their + dog. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛvɹiɪbɒdi n̩ ðɛː ˈdɒɡ/, /-bə-/ (General American, stressed form) IPA(key): /ˈɛvɹiˌbɑdi n̩ ðɛɹ ˈdɔɡ/, /-vɹə-/, (General American, unstressed form) /-(ˌ)bədi-/, /-ðəɹ-/, (cot–caught merger) /-dɑɡ/ Rhymes: -ɒɡ Hyphenation: ev‧ery‧body and their dog === Pronoun === everybody and their dog (idiomatic, informal) Synonym of everybody and his brother (“everybody, everyone; also, a large number of people; most people”). ==== Alternative forms ==== everybody and his dog, everyone and his dog, everyone and their dog ==== Synonyms ==== the whole world and his dog See the list at everybody and his brother and Thesaurus:everybody === Further reading === “everybody and his (also their, etc.) wife (also brother, cousin, dog, etc.), phrase” under “everybody, pron.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2025.