"Someone who goes the whole nine yards"
- A person who does a complete job, quality, without cutting corners.
This is one of the most disputed phrase origins, and these are some of the most popular explanations:
Attributed to W.W.II fighter planes, nine yards was the exact length of a belt of 50-caliber ammunition for the Corsair W.W.II fighter plane. If a target was shot at with the entire band, it was said to have been given "the whole nine yards".
A tailor making a high quality suit uses nine yards of fabric.
It takes 9 yards of fabric to make a proper Scottish kilt.
Old style concrete mixers, or coal bins, held nine yards.
Many old sailing ships had three masts, the fore, main, and mizzen; each mast held three square sails, hence the ships had nine yards.
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