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[donay mendonça]

Hi everyone,

There are basically two ways:"All" and "everything",have a look at the examples:

1)All she wants is true love.(Tudo que ela quer é amor verdadeiro.)

2)That´s all I need.(É tudo que preciso.)

3)All the best!(Tudo de bom!)

4)You´re my everything.(Você é tudo.)

5)He grabbed everything.(Ele pegou tudo.)

6)There´s a bit of everything.(Há um pouco de tudo.)



That´s all folks!

[Flavia.lm]

Aprendi uma nova:

"the whole kit and caboodle"

the whole kit and caboodle = everything
We had to pack up the whole kit and caboodle before the movers arrived.
Usage notes: also used in the shorter forms the whole kit or the whole caboodle, and sometimes spelled kaboodle
Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms


engraçadinha, não? resta saber se o povo realmente usa isso ou se vão rir da minha cara se eu me atrever a falar um negócio desses.

[Marcio_Farias]

E essa, lock, stock, and barrel?

We lost everything—lock, stock, and barrel—in the fire. (Perdemos tudo, mas tudo mesmo, no incêndio)
We had to move everything out of the house—lock, stock, and barrel. (Tivemos que botar tudo pra fora de casa, tudo mesmo)

[Thomas]

The whole thing
I can't believe you ate the whole thing.

The whole nine yards
He told us about his life in Zambia; the whole nine yards. We were there for hours

The whole enchilada
We stayed for the entire concert; the whole enchilada.

The whole shebang
Bring me everything; the whole shebang.

[Flavia.lm]

This "enchilada" is very Spanish, uh?