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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".
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".
To the Nines is the ninth novel by Janet Evanovich featuring the bounty hunter Stephanie Plum.Written in 2003, it's the second book in a row that doesn't revolve around a criminal bond, and the first to take Stephanie out of New Jersey and into the neon glitz of Las Vegas.
The Meaning of Life is a 35mm animated short film, written and directed by Don Hertzfeldt in 2005. The twelve-minute film is the result of almost four years of production and tens of thousands of drawings, single-handedly paper animated and photographed by Hertzfeldt.
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
“The flowers on the dress, hair, and within the video all connect with this idea of renewal.” For Gomez, though, it was all about paying homage to the ideas of rebirth and growth.
Later, to accept her Record of the Year award for “Flowers”—presented by Mariah Carey—Cyrus switched into an incredible glittery black jumpsuit with a halter neckline and a chic chest cutout.
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.