The whole kit and caboodle means everything or the entire group of things. It is used when talking about all parts of something together, with nothing left out.
The phrase likely comes from the word kit, meaning a collection of tools or belongings, and caboodle, a slang word that developed in the 1800s meaning the whole lot or collection of things.
The phrase likely comes from the word kit, meaning a collection of tools or belongings, and caboodle, a slang word that developed in the 1800s meaning the whole lot or collection of things.
They packed the whole kit and caboodle into the truck and moved to the new house.