whole shebang

Fixed expression from shebang, first attested in the United States from the early 1860s, from which time it has increasingly dominated uses of "shebang" itself.

• "The festival had balloons, flowers, fireworks, performers, and the whole shebang."
• "On the third the whole "chebang" was removed [...]"
• "I am growing more and more sick of factions, gossip, jealousies, recriminations, excoriations and the whole literary shee-bang."
• "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.”"
• "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..."
• "The whole shebang cooks in the slow cooker, which will keep it warm until you are ready to serve it."

• all the marbles
• bag and baggage
• everytang
• everything but the galley stove
• everything but the kitchen sink
• everything under the sun
• full monty
• hook
• line and sinker
• kit and caboodle
• lock
• stock and barrel
• the whole bang shoot
• the whole nine yards
• the works
• whole ball of wax
• whole hog
• whole enchilada
• whole kit and caboodle
• whole package
• whole shebang
• whole shitting match
• whole shooting match
• whole smash