Meaning: avalokiteshvara

n.
a male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and people

kit Idiom, Proverb

everything but the kitchen sink

almost everything, the whole works We put everything in his truck, everything but the kitchen sink!

higher than a kite

drunk, natural high, sloshed Don't let him drive - he's higher than a kite.

if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitche

"if you do not like the pressure you can leave; if you can't cut it, you can't stay" In the boardroom someone had written on the flip chart If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!

kit and caboodle

everything, all the stuff, the whole shebang The canoe tipped, and it all fell in the river - kit and caboodle!

kitty bar the door

play defensively, play only to prevent a goal In the third period we played kitty bar the door and won 4-2.

kitty-corner

the diagonally opposite corner of an intersection The Bay is kitty-corner from the drugstore.

off the kitchen etc.

leading from the kitchen, attached to the kitchen The laundry room is off the kitchen - very convenient.

pernickity

fussy, critical of details, perfectionistic When Dale was teenager, he was pernickity about his hair.

bumper kit

the buttocks

Cronkite

news, after the newsreader Walter Cronkite:"Grand Puba and Studd Doogie droppin' Cronkite" -- Grand Puba (A little of this)

kitty

vagina

kitty cat

vagina

skitzing

acting bizarre or crazy, from schizophrenic

weak as a kitten

Idiom(s): (as) weak as a kitten

Theme: WEAKNESS

weak; weak and sickly.
• John is as weak as a kitten be cause he doesn't eat well.
• Oh! Suddenly I feel weak as a kitten.

kith and kin

Idiom(s): kith and kin

Theme: FRIENDS

friends and relatives; people known to someone. (Fixed order.)
• I was delighted to find all my kith and kin waiting for me at the airport to welcome me home.
• I sent cards to my kith and kin, telling them of my arrival.

high as a kite

Idiom(s): (as) high as a kite AND (as) high as the sky

Theme: HEIGHT

very high.
• The tree grew as high as a kite.
• Our pet bird got outside and flew up high as the sky.

Go fly a kite!

Idiom(s): Go fly a kite!

Theme: ANNOYANCE

go away and stop bothering me. (Slang.)
• You're bothering me. Go fly a kite!
• If you think I'm going to waste my time talking to you, go fly a kite.

feed the kitty

Idiom(s): feed the kitty

Theme: MONEY

to contribute money.
• Please feed the kitty. Make a contribution to help sick children.
• Come on, Bill. Feed the kitty. You can afford a dollar for a good cause.

all beer and skittles

Idiom(s): (all) beer and skittles

Theme: ENJOYMENT

all fun and pleasure; easy and pleasant. (Skittles is the game of ninepins, a game similar to bowling. Fixed order.)
• Life isn't all beer and skittles, you know!
• For Sam, college was beer and skittles. He wasted a lot of time and money.

Beer and skittles

(UK) People say that life is not all beer and skittles, meaning that it is not about self-indulgence and pleasure.

Cat fur and kitty britches

(USA) When I used to ask my grandma what was for dinner, she would say 'cat fur and kitty britches'. This was her Ozark way of telling me that I would get what she cooked. (Ozark is a region in the center of the United States)

Go fly a kite

(USA) This is used to tell someone to go away and leave you alone.

Kitchen-sink

(UK) Kitchen-sink drama deals with ordinary people's lives.

Whole kit and caboodle

The whole kit and caboodle means 'everything' required or involved in something. ('Kaboodle' is an alternative spelling.)

As High As A Kite

Anything that is high up in the sky.

find someone in the kitchen at parties

refer to someone who doesn't like mixing socially: "You'll always find Kevin in the kitchen at parties."

have kittens

panic: "The way he was driving, I was having kittens."

go fly a kite|fly|go|kite

v. phr., slang To go away; leave. Usually used as a command, to show that you do not accept someone's ideas. Harry was tired of John's advice and told him to go fly a kite. After Mary stood around telling Sue what was wrong with her dress. Sue told her to go fly a kite.
Compare: DROP DEAD, GO JUMP IN THE LAKE.

have kittens|have|kitten|kittens

v. phr., slang To become very much worried or upset. Mrs. Jones was having kittens because if was very late and Susan wasn't home yet.
Compare: HAVE A FIT.

high as a kite|high|kite

adj. 1. As excited and happy as one can possibly be. When Eric won the lottery he was high as a kite. 2. Intoxicated or under the influence of some drug. Jeff has been drinking again and he is high as a kite.
Compare: THREE SHEETS IN/TO THE WIND.

kit

kit
the (whole) kit and caboodle
Informal
The entire collection or lot.

skittle

skittle
(not) all beer and skittles
(not) pure pleasure and enjoyment

sweeten the kitty

sweeten the kitty
Also, sweeten the pot or deal. Make something financially more attractive, as in I am unable to give you the new title but I could sweeten the kitty a little by giving you a raise. This idiom comes from card games such as poker, where it means “add money to the pool,” and uses sweeten in the sense of “make more agreeable.” [Slang; c. 1900]

whole kit and caboodle, the

whole kit and caboodle, the
Everything, every part, as in He packed up all his gear, the whole kit and caboodle, and walked out. This expression is a redundancy, for kit has meant “a collection or group” since the mid-1700s (though this meaning survives only in the full idiom today), and caboodle has been used with the same meaning since the 1840s. In fact caboodle is thought to be a corruption of the phrase kit and boodle, another redundant phrase, since boodle also meant “a collection.”