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wyrfoa | 08:15 Fri 13th Jun 2003 | Phrases & Sayings
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Where does the saying 'Give it the full 9 yards' originate from?
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I thought we'd had this one recently... are you slipping, Ed?
08:42 Fri 13th Jun 2003
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Click http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=1
9971128 for a whole raft of possible answers. (This is just one of the hardy perennials, Woofgang!)
10:02 Fri 13th Jun 2003
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I wish it were bi-ennial. Or a Triffid & move on.
17:50 Sat 14th Jun 2003
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The correct phrase is to give it the whole 9 yards and it originates from world war II. The chain of bullets which was loaded on the spitfire fighter plane was nine yards long. If you emptyied your guns amo into an enemy you were said to be giving him the whole nine yards.
14:52 Fri 09th Jul 2004

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