everything

everything
every·thing [ʼevriɵɪŋ] pron
indef
1) (all things) alles;
he taught me \everything I know er brachte mir alles bei, was ich weiß;
(for sale)
\everything must go! alles muss raus!;
we will do \everything in our power to prevent a war wir werden alles tun, was in unser Macht steht, um einen Krieg zu verhindern;
the doctors did \everything possible to save her life die Ärzte versuchten alles Menschenmögliche, um ihr Leben zu retten;
we did \everything we could wir taten alles, was in unserer Macht stand;
why do you always have to reduce \everything to sex? warum läuft bei dir immer alles auf Sex raus?;
he reduces \everything, even tragic things, to a joke er zieht alles, sogar Tragisches, ins Komische;
\everything from caviar to cut glass was on sale alles von Kaviar bis zu geschliffenem Glas stand zum Verkauf;
you can see \everything from alligators to zebras at the zoo im Zoo sieht man alle Tiere von Alligatoren bis Zebras;
to blame \everything on sth/sb [or sth/sb for \everything] etw/jdm die ganze Schuld geben;
anything and \everything jede Kleinigkeit
2) (the most important thing)
time is \everything - don't waste it Zeit ist alles - vergeude sie nicht;
money isn't \everything Geld ist nicht alles;
to be \everything [to sb] [jdm] alles sein;
getting rich is \everything to her sie möchte nur reich werden
3) (current situation) alles;
have you been crying? is \everything all right? hast du geweint? ist alles in Ordnung?;
how's \everything? wie steht's?;
despite [or in spite of] \everything trotz allem
PHRASES:
we've reduced prices on \everything but [or except] the kitchen sink (sink) wir haben alles reduziert;
\everything comes to him who waits (to him who waits) mit Geduld kommt jeder ans Ziel;
to have \everything reich gesegnet sein;
the charity had nothing to do with helping the needy and \everything to do with making its administrators rich die Fürsorge wollte nicht den Bedürftigen helfen, sondern nur ihre Angestellten reich machen;
and \everything (fam) und allem drum und dran (fam)

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