2007-11-08 07:45:51 · 5 answers · asked by Mario G 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Supposedly in WWII fighter planes had machine guns fitted to their wings. The ammunition belts were suppose ed to be 9 yards long. If a plane fired it;'s guns in one burst until all the bullets had been fired it was giving the enemy plane 'the whole nine yards.'
2007-11-08 09:26:14 · answer #1 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The WWII tale has been around for a protracted time, whether this is in basic terms incorrect. The term did not come into everyday use until the Sixties; there is not any point out of the "entire 9 yards" in any debts of the conflict. the particularly beginning of the term is doubtful.
2016-10-01 23:46:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from the ammunition belts for certain machineguns during WWII being nine yards in length.
The phrase implies doing everything possible to achieve (or prevent) a result, or giving an effort everything you have.
2007-11-08 07:49:21 · answer #3 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The last answer was right and the planes were Spitfires!
2007-11-08 17:44:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
an idiot football player
2007-11-08 08:33:59 · answer #5 · answered by Joe J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋