Thread: The whole nine yards
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Old March 31, 2008, 06:11 AM
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An older term related to the whole nine yards is: everything but the
kitchen sink. It's still used.
In New York you'll hear: the whole megillah used to express the same
thing as the whole nine yards. This may be a regional term.
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