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To the nines" is an idiom meaning "to perfection" or "to the highest degree". In modern English usage, the phrase most commonly appears as "dressed to the nines" or "dressed up to the nines". In modern English usage, the phrase most commonly appears as "dressed to the nines" or "dressed up to the nines".
George Bryan "Beau" Brummell (7 June 1778 – 30 March 1840) [1] was an important figure in Regency England, and for many years he was the arbiter of British men's fashion.At one time, he was a close friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, but after the two quarrelled and Brummell got into debt, he had to take refuge in France.
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The whole nine yards" or "the full nine yards" is a colloquial American English phrase meaning "everything, the whole lot" or, when used as an adjective, "all the way". [1] Its first usage was the punch line of an 1855 Indiana comedic short story titled "The Judge's Big Shirt". [2]
To the nines is an idiom meaning "to perfection" or "to the highest degree". To the nines may also refer to: To the Nines (Only Crime album) To the Nines (Hatesphere album) To the Nines, a 2003 Janet Evanovich novel
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Hans Christian Andersen: A New Life. Translated by Nunnally, Tiina. New York, Woodstock, London: Overlook Duckworth. ISBN 1-58567-737-X. Bredsdorff, Elias (1975). Hans Christian Andersen: The Story of His Life and Work, 1805–75. London: Phaidon Press Ltd. ISBN 0-7148-1636-1. Prince, Alison (1998). Hans Christian Andersen: The Fan Dancer.
It also appears in the Rolling Stones' song "Tumbling Dice" ("sixes and sevens and nines"). The phrase is also used in the 1978 movie The Wiz , when Miss One gives Dorothy the silver slippers and comments, "Oh, don't be all sixes and sevens, honey" to Dorothy as Dorothy is in a state of confusion after killing the Wicked Witch of the East.