"Everybody and his mum" nghĩa là gì?

"Everybody and his/their mum/mother/dog/brother" -> nghĩa (ngoa dụ) là miêu tả số lượng người rất nhiều, đông đúc.

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The internecine disagreement (bất đồng lẫn nhau) could mean that ESPN’s divided house will fall any moment now, or it could mean that everybody and his brother and his brother’s significant other has an opinion these days.

If, as expected, Mayweather were to beat Marquez - last time out he won every round and put Marquez down - then the fight everybody and his mum wanted to take place two or three years ago might actually happen. Even if Pacquiao refuses Mayweather's demands again, Mayweather is likely to calculate he can take his Philippine rival anyway: if Pacquiao has problems with Marquez's counter-punching style, Mayweather will give him fits.

As I say, slightly daft in places. Marsan, as father of the deceased, had the temerity (táo bạo, liều lĩnh) to ask tearfully at one stage: “But who would kill my boy?”, to which an entire audience shouted back: “Everybody and their dog.” Jack (Aneurin Barnard) was a loathesomely (ghê tởm, đáng ghét) entitled, exploitative young shitweasel of an employer, complete with punchable face and keyable car, so the question was never going to be whydunnit, simply who.

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