Reader Opinions
Debra Jefferson – (a sight for sore eyes) June 22, 2021
I live in Britain and have never known it to be used negatively.
Nzinga Gaston – (leave no stone unturned) June 21, 2021
Long time ago I knew this expression, but now I know the meaning of it and its origin history. I really interested. Many thank you.
Anonymous – (sell like hot cakes) June 20, 2021
“It means: An aggressive way of selling.”
Wrong.
Kristine – (love is blind) June 19, 2021
Love is blind – not blind that u can’t see their flaws and faults but because you love them so much that you intend to ignore it and hoping for them to change in time.
Mark R. – (the devil is beating his wife) June 17, 2021
This is amazing. First, never heard this before. And to hear so many people to explain differences in what it means is remarkable! Looking at it from so many perspectives, I believe that it really deserves much more investigation in an Anthropological sense. Is this from USA? Or is it something that was transported from another country. It is so difficult to discern it’s origins.
Maria Joe – (whole nine yards) June 17, 2021
I heard that “the whole nine yards” refers to tailors who, when making a full suit, used 9 yards of fabric.
Patricia – (the devil is beating his wife) June 16, 2021
I grew up in north western Pennsylvania and never heard this phrase. We always looked for the rainbow that usually comes afterwards. I like the Hawaiian version of liquid sunshine. 🙂
Gbene – (in black and white) June 16, 2021
It is amazing but they are different meanings of In black or white
Joseph L Moser – (whole nine yards) June 12, 2021
Back when I was about 11 years old, we moved to an older (i.e., from the 40s or 50s) house out in the country In the basement was a “room” that had an opening toward the main street in front of the house. Someone told me that was the ‘coal bin’ used to heat the house and power the stove in the kitchen, and that trucks would bring loads of coal and “dump the coal down a chute into that room. I have looked at Internet images of trucks that would make such deliveries and it looks like 9 cubic yards of anthracite coal might fill one of those “high lift dump” trucks. So if someone was filling such a room in their basement, they might want to buy “the whole nine yards”
Anonymous – (go by the book) June 7, 2021
“The book” could possibly mean the Hebrew and/or Christian Bible, and to “go by” it, would mean to follow the laws and commandments laid out in it.
