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]
(..) Well I'm so glad you figured it out, it's a nasty business I am sure. Oh are you gonna tell them about your game this week? Lived up to your title I scored yard touchdown School record, school record! It's division III. It's Carleton football, it's not even division II, it's division III (..)2014 Whiplash