the whole nine yards
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How would you say that in spanish?
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updated Oct 12, 2011
edited by Rey_Mysterio
posted by Rey_Mysterio
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Todas las nueve yardas.
updated Oct 12, 2011
edited by rpem
posted by rpem
So, is this expression used in Spanish rpem? - galsally, Oct 12, 2011
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Julians answer is good but only the tip of the iceberg. click for more
updated Oct 12, 2011
posted by Yeser007
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The whole nine yards comes from WWII. When an American machine gunner was out of amunition, he would request more by many times saying "I shot the whole nine yards" (the length of a belt of maching-gun bullets). This later came to be used in English as an idiom meaning everything.
Since many idioms are impossible to translate due to the lack of participation in their histories, this can only be translated as todo.
updated Oct 12, 2011
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