the whole nine yards

She went **the whole nine yards** to make her wedding perfect.

Idiom Numbers

Meaning

everything; the entire effort

She went the whole nine yards to make her wedding perfect.

complete; entire; all of something

the number that is one more than eight

Used to express a personal belief or feeling

Important things take time to develop or accomplish.

the ability to imagine and plan the future clearly

to surprise or impress someone very much

to pass a difficult stage and begin to improve

to spend large amounts of money in a hasty or unwise way