Difficult, irksome, tedious, boring and unglamorous work or effort needed to achieve success in a business venture, sport or study.
Used in speech as "doing the hard yards" or "putting in the hard yards".
Originated in Australia - New Zealand either in farming or rugby. To create a profitable farm it is necessary to "put in the hard yards" by clearing the land etc. In rugby, to score a try it is necessary for other team members "do the hard yards" by bringing the ball up the field against the opposition's best and brutal efforts so as to create a scoring opportunity
Used in speech as "doing the hard yards" or "putting in the hard yards".
Originated in Australia - New Zealand either in farming or rugby. To create a profitable farm it is necessary to "put in the hard yards" by clearing the land etc. In rugby, to score a try it is necessary for other team members "do the hard yards" by bringing the ball up the field against the opposition's best and brutal efforts so as to create a scoring opportunity
If you want to get fit, lose weight and have a chance to be picked for the team, you need to put in the hard yards down at the gym and at training.
by The Watcher On The Wall November 29, 2011
Get the hard yards mug.Phrase equivalent to "Everything that is available." Has nothing to do with football. In fact, the phrase comes from the fact that fighter planes are equipped with belt-fed machine guns. When the belts are laid out before loading, they measure nine yards in length. If a pilot were to empty his plane's guns into a target, he'd be giving it the "whole nine yards."
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Get the Whole nine yards mug.by Ownex5 September 5, 2020
Get the yaisaya mug.In football yards that come in junk time when a team is losing by a lot of points late in a game and has no chance to comeback. This is because the team that is winning plays prevent so anything short is wide open. These yards mean nothing to the game and just pad stats.
person 1:"Wow that quarterback had 400 yards passing what a day"
Person 2: " his team lost 48-24 those yards came in junk time when the game was all ready decided. They were garbage yards."
Person 2: " his team lost 48-24 those yards came in junk time when the game was all ready decided. They were garbage yards."
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Get the garbage yards mug.that two-planker is having a yardsale down there
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Get the yardsale mug.Giving it all, taken from WW2 B-17 gunners who had a string of bullets that fed into their guns that measured nine yards long
Give them the whole nine yards.
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