I served a huge Thanksgiving dinner: turkey, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie—'the whole nine yards'. [=all the foods that are traditionally served for Thanksgiving dinner]
If we're going to replace the cabinets, we might as well 'go the whole nine yards' [=do everything that there is to do] and remodel the entire kitchen.
a rail 'yard' [=a place where railroad cars are kept and repaired]
(..) fucked by a train. And the library? Gone. Sealed off, brick by brick. We'll have us a little book barbecue in the yard. They'll see the flames for miles. We'll dance around it like wild Injuns. You understand me? Catching my drift? Or am I being obtuse? Give him another month (..)1994 The Shawshank Redemption
(..) One side in alabaster, one in soapstone. What do you think? I think it'll take years. Years I got. What I don't have are the rocks. Pickings are pretty slim in the yard. Pebbles, mostly. We're getting to be kind of friends, aren't we? Yeah, I guess. Can I ask you something? (..)1994 The Shawshank Redemption