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the whole nine yards

Date: Oct 31 2005

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“Katie wants the whole nine yards with the white dress and her friends and family present…”
A friend of Katie Holmes, talking about the upcoming wedding between Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise.

Definition

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everything, the whole thing; something in its entirety

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

Katie Holmes and her fiance Tom Cruise have a lot of planning to do. Though Tom Cruise has been married twice before, Katie Holmes has not. She wants the whole nine yards for her wedding: caterers, an expensive white dress, ice sculptures, flowers and everything else that makes a wedding wonderful.
The whole nine yards means everything, without cutting corners.
To go the whole nine yards means to do something fully and completely. When Tom Cruise proposed to Katie Holmes, he went the whole nine yards. He flew her to Paris and proposed to her under the Eiffel Tower.

Examples

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“She’s going the whole nine yards for this party: hiring caterers, valets and servers. It’s gonna be fun!”

Winners

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	all of by xinbayaer
	enjoy her life with the people whoher loveing or loving her. by wuqingtao
	She wants to get all. Win the lottery with the hightest price. by manuelmonarrez
	it means everything from top to bottom by veronicafk
	a traditional wedding, everything by yuvsi
	Wants everything to be perfect by Lindsay
	it means Katie attach importance to her wedding and wants to make it perfect by franketon
	It refers to the desire of getting absolutely everything (and perfect, if referring to the wedding), not just a little bit. Or in other words "the whole enchilada". by Mamita03
	very much,much eagerly by Even
	It means that she want everything. by iris60

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Comments

AaliShaan

United States

The thing is when we told our child that they have to become a doctor then their child specialty might be research paper service of an accountant, cricketer, broker, painter, photographer or any other else but due to that pressure he is unable to make use of his skills.