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The other night I saw a programme on (amongst other things ) the development of the machine gun.
It seems that the expression 'the whole nine yards' actually referred to the nine yard rounds of ammunition that the early machine guns used, so that the expression 'the whole nine yards' came from when soldiers deployed the entire round in one go.
I have used the expression 'the whole nine yards' many times without knowing what it actually meant and that got me thinking that there are many expressions like this ;
'Get in the groove of the music' refers to the groove on an old vinyl record, or'Blonde Bombshell' refers to the flash and brightness of and exploding shell.
Though there are many more I don't know the meaning of ;
- 'Getting the 'Ump'
- 'The full Monty'
- 'Getting Stitched up'
-'Goodbye Dolly Grey'
It seems that the expression 'the whole nine yards' actually referred to the nine yard rounds of ammunition that the early machine guns used, so that the expression 'the whole nine yards' came from when soldiers deployed the entire round in one go.
I have used the expression 'the whole nine yards' many times without knowing what it actually meant and that got me thinking that there are many expressions like this ;
'Get in the groove of the music' refers to the groove on an old vinyl record, or'Blonde Bombshell' refers to the flash and brightness of and exploding shell.
Though there are many more I don't know the meaning of ;
- 'Getting the 'Ump'
- 'The full Monty'
- 'Getting Stitched up'
-'Goodbye Dolly Grey'