2006-06-30 10:15:47 · 6 answers · asked by Michael S 2 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
The metric system
2006-06-30 10:18:47 · answer #1 · answered by koolbreeze 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard that back in abe lincoln's time a full woman's dress contained 9 yards of fabric. With the big skirts and all. So if a dress had the whole 9 yards that was great. Most people couldn't afford the fabric so they made dresses out of less and the skirts were not as full etc. so it meant the most expensive kind of dress; the best dress you could make.
2006-06-30 10:20:06 · answer #2 · answered by BonesofaTeacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some say the whole 9 Yards is a masonry term.
The cement mixers can carry 9 cublic yards of concrete at a time.
When you want the whole 9 yards...it's shorthand for the entire truckload.
Others say its the length of a standard machine gun ammo clip.
Or a sail on a boat.
2006-06-30 10:22:34 · answer #3 · answered by Iomegan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bolts of cloth traditionally are 9 yards long, therefore 'the whole 9 yards' is the entire bolt of cloth.
2006-06-30 10:21:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
whole nine yards
1960s, originally U.S. military slang, of unknown origin; perhaps from concrete mixer trucks, which were said to have dispensed in this amount. Or the yard may be in the slang sense of "one hundred dollars." Several similar phrases meaning "Everything" arose in the 1940s (whole ball of wax, which is likewise of obscure origin, whole schmear); older examples include whole hog (see hog) and whole shooting match (1896) whole shebang (1895).
2006-06-30 10:20:44 · answer #5 · answered by carolewkelly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my behind :)
2006-06-30 10:20:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋