OK, ok! I did the search here, and I don't understand the whole nine yards bit, and tsuwmn's link from last year (March) didn't take me a millimeter closer to finding the first thing about the whole nine yards.

And, of Troy, that construction description of yours didn't make sense to my mind, which is always way out there far from things like cement! Ooh, my aching feet stuck in cement! Can't move much.

So, from Ozoneland here, what is this whole nine yards bit about? If it's construction, is it nine square yards?

Completely spaced out on this one,
OrB~ and please pardon the introduction of a repeated topic