lock, stock and barrel

[k_georgiadis]

I have located a couple of old threads, including one in which lock, stock, and barrel was translated as armi e bagagli. That also happens to be the translation proposed by Garzanti. I would appreciate your confirmation that this would also apply to the specific example below:

He sold the family business to Company XYZ, lock, stock, and barrel

meaning that he sold all assets pertaining to the business, retaining absolutely nothing.

 

[Skin]

Direi che potrebbe essere appropriato nel contesto descritto, anche se io preferirei l'espressione di significato simile "(piantare) baracca e burattini".

Ciao

 

[MünchnerFax]

I'd tend to use the noun baracca in this context too. A possible sentence:

Ha venduto l'intera baracca alla ditta XYZ.
Ha venduto tutta la baracca alla ditta XYZ.

 

[k_georgiadis]

Thank you very much.