猫ねこも杓しゃく子しも

expression

every Tom, Dick and Harry; anyone and everyone

Idiomatic expression meaning 'everybody without exception', often with a slightly dismissive or humorous tone. Literally 'even a cat and a ladle'.

• 最さい近きんは猫ねこも杓しゃく子しもスマホを持もっている。

  These days, everyone and their dog has a smartphone.

• 猫ねこも杓しゃく子しも大だい学がくに行いく時じ代だいだ。

  It's an age when absolutely everybody goes to university.