If "the whole nine yards" had a definitive completion — if it went on to mention yards of cloth, cement or ammunition — it would never have caught on in the first place.

"The whole nine yards" originated as a uniquely American turn of phrase while remaining relatively unknown in Great Britain. That fact serves to dismiss one of three most popular theories of its ...

The Oxford English Dictionary now dates the whole nine yards back to 1855; the whole six yards was in print at least as early as 1846. Never mind that the evidence has ruled out any relation to ...

Where does the phrase "the whole nine yards" come from? In 1982, William Safire called that "one of the great etymological mysteries of our time." He thought the phrase originally referred to the ...

Where does the phrase "the whole nine yards" come from? In 1982, William Safire called that "one of the great etymological mysteries of our time." He thought the phrase originally referred to the ...

The recent discovery of several instances of "the whole six yards" in newspapers from the... The whole nine yards about a phrase's origin Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Former TV Friend Matthew Perry scored a minor league success with crime caper The Whole Nine Yards back in 2000, but recent sequel The Whole Ten Yards was "98 minutes of mirth-free entertainment ...

The Whole Nine Yards ... -Saliba, and Bergstein, a former real estate developer who bought into distressed firms such as home video merchandiser DVD.com. ...

Two Days in the Valley, Eight Heads in a Duffel Bag, Analyze This, The Whole Nine Yards – they've been relative stinkers all, and now we've entered the second-tier entries, the derivations of ...