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Hello, I was just hoping some one might know the origin and meaning of the phrase "no great shakes". Thanks in advance for any information.
The expression I don't get is "the whole nine yards." What? That makes no sense at all.
Re. 'The whole nine yards' ..
'God, helps those, who help themselves' o:
Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
Revised, link .. for 'the whole nine yards.'
'Btw' everyone.. If, you're unsure, of a 'phrase' or 'word', origin - Then, merely type- in the needed info., {word or phrase}, on 'Google'.. and, your 75%, there ! .. D-U-H ?!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_whole_nine_yards
Ps., Also, be sure, to type- in, the ending word, 'origin'.. Or for the 'geeks' among us - 'etymology'.
.. Well .. to have been them, {in this instance}, would've, S-U-C-K-E-D !!
There's no stopping the Oregon State Beavers coaching staff on the recruiting trail.
Or, at least, that's what they thought.
Just one day after a 25-hour stretch in which Oregon State landed the commitments of three-star defensive backs Isaiah Dunn and Charles Watson, as well as three-star offensive lineman Onesimus Lutu-Clarke, Oregon State's recruiting effort hit a surprising snag.
On Monday evening at the Waikiki Marriott during a recruiting trip, offensive line coach T.J. Woods and linebacker coach Chad Kauha'aha'a got stuck in an elevator, along with a couple from Maine.
"Yeah it's not good," Woods said via Twitter direct message. "But Twitter still works, so it's really not that much different than being in our rooms for me and Chad... just scrolling our timelines and talking to recruits."
Woods said he and Kauha'aha'a were stuck for approximately an hour-and-a-half before the elevator was fixed.