[Enkidu of Abydos]

Originally Posted by TGS

Kit and caboodle

I always thought it was "kitchen caboodle", because I heard it in some older movies but never saw it written.

Originally Posted by montsnmags

...but is it?

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cut1.htm

This reminds me of "cum grano salis". Showing that salt is not the only spice to be used in idioms and proverbs. There's an idiom here - not having a grain of salt in the head = being stupid. Peppered with grenades also comes to mind. It seems spicy idioms can show what spices have been most important to people through the ages. Salt and pepper at the top, mustard too in the 19th century it seems... Can anyone remember an idiom with olive oil in any language ? That's probably been the most important spice besides salt in the Mediterranean for a couple thousand years, so it should have left some traces in language...