What’s the origin of the saying:?
– the whole nine yards?
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Ammunition belts for machine guns on airplanes were 27 feet…using all your ammo was “the whole nine yards”…
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Nine yards in a bolt of cloth.
Taking the whole nine yards, means you’re taking the lot.
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Nine yards of the American Football field.
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total amount of a cement truck load
It is asserted that a standard capacity of cement-mixers is nine cubic yards, and that a full load would be “the whole nine yards.” There is no standard capacity for cement mixers–current models vary between seven and ten cubic yards–but in the 1960s, when the phrase was first used, they carried about four cubic yards of cement, and six cubic yards was considered extremely large.
http://www.yaelf.com/nineyards.shtml
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I agree with sandman, although there are alot of different explanations… here’s this website I found if you want to check out this one or many others…. : )
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i think it means like all the way? lol i dont know, im probably just thinking of something else, but i think it is
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football I would guess
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everything
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