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heian(黑暗㊣电池工作3小时)
"whole nine yards"
-----------------------

This phrase, meaning "all of it, everything", is first attested to in
the mid-1960s. The origin is a matter for speculation. Nine yards is
not a particularly significant distance either in football or in the
garment business. There is no record of it ever being used during the
era of sailing ships. Another theory is that the phrase refers to the
capacity of ready-mix concrete trucks, alleged to average about 9 cubic
yards. However, industry literature on the 1960s shows that standard
mixers held 4.5 or 6.2 cubic yards (see
<http://www.urbanlegends.com/language/etymology/nine_yards.html>.) There
are good summaries of the "whole nine yards" theories at:
Michael Quinion's World Wide Words site
http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/nineyards.htm
Evan Morris's Word Detective site
http://www.greenapple.com/~words1/back-s.html#yards
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Last Updated: 2002-12-13
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  • 工作学习 / English / The Whole Nine Yards， 看了三遍，仍然想笑，很不错的电影。只是，这句话是什么意思。上下文可以猜个差不多，可还是不很明白。请指教。 -bloor(不老); 2002-12-13 (#912420@0)
    • FIY -heian(黑暗㊣电池工作3小时); 2002-12-13 {928} (#912434@0)
      "whole nine yards"
      -----------------------

      This phrase, meaning "all of it, everything", is first attested to in
      the mid-1960s. The origin is a matter for speculation. Nine yards is
      not a particularly significant distance either in football or in the
      garment business. There is no record of it ever being used during the
      era of sailing ships. Another theory is that the phrase refers to the
      capacity of ready-mix concrete trucks, alleged to average about 9 cubic
      yards. However, industry literature on the 1960s shows that standard
      mixers held 4.5 or 6.2 cubic yards (see
      <http://www.urbanlegends.com/language/etymology/nine_yards.html>.) There
      are good summaries of the "whole nine yards" theories at:
      Michael Quinion's World Wide Words site
      http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/nineyards.htm
      Evan Morris's Word Detective site
      http://www.greenapple.com/~words1/back-s.html#yards
      • thank you, darkness -bloor(不老); 2002-12-13 (#912442@0)
        • 呵呵，应该是FYI:)) -heian(黑暗㊣电池工作3小时); 2002-12-13 (#912445@0)
    • 好像有几种说法（电影杂志上看的）：来自橄榄球，攻方一次需推进十码；来自军队，一下子把弹夹的子弹全部打光；还有几种说法想不起来了，需要翻看旧杂志。 -lazycat(飞鹰战士); 2002-12-13 {51} (#912448@0)
      其实是bingle的回答，呵呵，这是url＃363166在历史区。
      • 看来这Rolia不来还真的是不行。别人老早就问过的问题，又拿出来问，让我的不老脸往哪搁呀。 -bloor(不老); 2002-12-13 (#912456@0)
    • The Whole Nine Yards在这个喜剧片中是“一塌刮子”，也就是“全部吃进”的意思。 -fatboy(大胖墩儿厨); 2002-12-13 (#912731@0)
    • The whole nine yard 就是整个事情（不详说），有“等等”的意思。 -coupleonline(夫妻在线); 2002-12-22 (#929263@0)
    • 好像都在解释这个词组的字面意思， 可到底和影片情节有什么样的关系呐？ -jjl(爨齉); 2002-12-22 (#929273@0)
      • 唉，也不知道你是否看过这部片子，全部情节的中心点，就在于老教父留下来的三千万美刀，必须是小教父，杀手郁金香，和他老婆三个人全部在场，才能提取，或者（！）提供任何一位不在场人士的死亡证明，所以要“全部吃进”也就是 -fatboy(大胖墩儿厨); 2002-12-22 {42} (#929553@0)
        whole ning yards的话，这三人必须互相残杀。
        • 从你的解释当然可以相关联， 可别人的解释没看出有“这三人必须互相残杀” 的意思。 -jjl(爨齉); 2002-12-22 (#929664@0)

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