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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".
Someone dressed "to the nines" is dressed up as much as they can be. In North American urban culture , "nine" is a slang word for a 9mm pistol or homicide , the latter from the Illinois Criminal Code for homicide.
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".
Char Sau Bees means 420 in Hindi, which refers to a person who is up to some fraudulent activity. This movie is the story of three such people played by Govindankutty and the newcomers Rahul Menon and Anu Anandhan. Dhanya Mary Varghese plays the female lead.
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.
A Way of Life (transl. Testimony) is a 2010 Hindi musical film written and directed by Tanvir Ahmad, with music by A. R. Rahman. Rahman composed the songs for Ada in 2001, after completing the score for Lagaan , but Ahmad's plans for the film were shelved. [ 1 ]
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag – Journey Of A Woman (transl. My veil is stained) is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Pradeep Sarkar and starring Jaya Bachchan, Rani Mukherji, Konkona Sen Sharma, Anupam Kher, Kunal Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan. Produced by Aditya Chopra, it premiered on 12 October 2007.
Nai Roshni (transl. New Light) is a 1967 Bollywood film starring Ashok Kumar , Raaj Kumar , Biswajeet , Mala Sinha , Tanuja in lead roles. It was also made in Tamil by the same producer, under the name Poovum Pottum and in Telugu as Punyavathi .