Sunday, October 21, 2018

"The whole nine yards"

“The whole nine yards” has a highly controversial origin story. The primary belief is that ammunition belts on WWII aircraft were 9 yards long thus the phrase “Give them the whole 9 yards”
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/books/the-whole-nine-yards-seeking-a-phrases-origin.html

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