Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Raimundo y todo el mundo

English translation:

everyone and their mother

Added to glossary by Jairo Payan
Dec 4, 2006 14:12
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term

Raimundo y todo el mundo

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El le dijo a "Raimundo y todo el mundo" que...
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Dec 4, 2006 14:14: Carmen Hernaiz changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"

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Dec 4, 2006 14:24: Cristina Heraud-van Tol changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"

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Proposed translations

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4 mins
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everyone and their grandmother

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Peer comment(s):

agree Cándida Artime Peñeñori : Así lo conozco yo también. Saludos.
35 mins
thanks!
agree Margaret Schroeder : "Everyone and their dog" http://tinyurl.com/yk3qw6 seems to be even more common: http://tinyurl.com/ycjqge But I'm piggy-backing it on your answer because it's the same idea, not a competing one. Also "everybody and their grandmother/dog".
39 mins
thanks!
agree Heather Oland : Yup, that's it. Also "everyone and their great aunt Myrtle" -- maybe not quite as common :)
1 hr
Thanks Heather, I HAVE heard it before.
agree Roxanna Delgado : everyone and their mother is even more frequent (although I like saying "everybody and their mother")Results 1 - 10 of about 125,000 for "everyone and their mother". Results 1 - 10 of about 24,400 for "everyone and their grandmother".
4 hrs
thanks Roxanna!
agree Annissa 7ar
7 hrs
thanks Annissa!
agree Nedra Rivera Huntington : "... and their mother" is what I've heard most.
7 hrs
thanks Nedra!
agree Christian [email protected] : "everyone and their brother" yields 89,900 hits in Google
11 hrs
gracias Christian!
agree Silvia Brandon-Pérez
13 hrs
Saludos Silvia y gracias!
agree Rafael Serrano : Esta es.
1 day 1 hr
Gracias Rafael, muy amable!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Me voy con "everyone and their mother" pero justo es reconocer que todas las respuestas son acertadas e ilustrativas y mucho depende de quien escoja. Mil gracias a todos."
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11 mins

anyone and everyone

Jairo, al dar el dato en un buscador en inglés, me sale un enlace de babylon con esta frase.

Ahí te dejo el enlace.

http://www.babylon.com/definition/everyone/Spanish
Peer comment(s):

agree Luisa Moura Almeida
36 mins
Gracias, Luisa
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2 hrs

the world and his wife

HTH
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2 hrs

Every man and his dog

(btw I would use this as a singular NP but it is sometimes used as plural, as in the second link)
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8 hrs

every Tom, Dick and Harry

Very idiomatic, even if it doesn't rhyme
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15 hrs

Everybody and his brother

IN THE US, this is a better known phrase, as you will see if you do a Google comparison!
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