Witryna7 lis 2002 · The others either couldn't say if they had heard of it during the war, or when they first heard it. The Whole Nine Yards was based on the length of the fighter's machine gun belt. If it took every bullet the fighter had to shoot down his foe, "It took the Whole nine yards " Whole nine yards, the Silver Surfer 11/07/02 Witryna12 lut 2002 · She stated that the Whole nine yards was based on an attempt by the British to end some elements of the caste system in India. Under British rule, turbans worn by all castes were to be of 9 yards in length, previously, lower castes were to wear shorter length and therefore smaller turbans. Therefore, everyone was to wear the full …

Urban Dictionary: Whole nine yards

Witryna14 lut 2024 · Whole 9 Yards is a weekly podcast that will simultaneously educate, astonish, and amuse. Listen while we share equivocal research about the origin of words, phrases, and idioms we use every day. From the team at Big Science Pods, we bring you the whole 9 yards, the entire kit and caboodle, the whole shebang of this … WitrynaHere are just a handful of the conjectures for the origin of "the whole nine yards": capacity of a ready-made concrete truck, coal truck, or garbage truck (cubic yards) … mia and me season 1 ep 6

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Witryna8 lip 2024 · The “whole nine yards.” A simple, oft-used phrase whose origins have stumped internet sleuths and etymologists alike for decades. Perhaps no phrase has … "The whole nine yards" or "the full nine yards" is a colloquial American English phrase meaning "everything, the whole lot" or, when used as an adjective, "all the way", as in, "The Army came out and gave us the whole nine yards on how they use space systems." Its origin is unknown and has been described by Yale University librarian Fred R. Shapiro as "the most prominent etymological riddle … Witryna7 kwi 2014 · whole nine yards (n.) by 1970, of unknown origin; perhaps arbitrary (see cloud nine ). Among the guesses that have been made without real evidence: concrete mixer trucks were said to have dispensed in this amount. Or the yard might be the word used in the slang sense of "one hundred dollars." mia and me season 1 episode 16