Knacker's yard

Area of a slaughterhouse where animal carcasses unfit for human consumption are rendered into useful materials such as glue.

As an English colloquial expression, it is used to describe a person or object that is spent beyond all reasonable use, as in "He is only fit for the knacker's yard".

"If Barry Bonds' knee gets any worse, the only trade the Giants will find possible is one with the knacker's yard".

Knacker's yard by Guy Dalziel August 3, 2006

knacker's yard

Exactly as above. A British expression. A place where an animal carcass (or carcase, depending on your dictionary), usually a horse (this is from way back when people still kept them within city limits, before automobiles took over) was disposed of and turned into glue. To be "knackered" is to compare one's self to being dead, exhausted, etc., often in a post sexual context, but any kind of tired will do. It is an allowable expression on the BBC. It has nothing to do with being injured in one's private parts, and there's many words for that, already.

I just worked two shifts and I'm fit for the knacker's yard.

knacker's yard by quas1 September 27, 2010

yard sailing 

A phrase used to describe the art of shopping at large numbers of yard sales, garage sales, and estate sales.

"I can't WAIT to go yard sailing this weekend!"

"Yard sailing is my favorite activity of late."

"There's nothing I would rather do than go yard sailing."

yard sailing by www.babysue.com May 9, 2006

Party Yard Sale 

Similar to a yard sale, a Party Yard Sale is a situation in which someone loses all of his or her possessions (phone, wallet, iPod, etc.) over the course of a night.

"Dude can I get your number again? I had to get a new phone after my party yard sale last weekend."

Party Yard Sale by Nickname Mike February 24, 2010

yard sale 

When a skier or snowboarder eats it on the slopes and loses all of their gear. If a skier loses his skies, poles, hat, goggles, and anything else, shout "YARD SALE" from the ski lift above him.

"While the skier denied that he lost his skis and poles in the fall, everyone that saw it knew that in reality his fall was a classic yard sale"

yard sale by Erik August 31, 2003

1000 yard stare 

A battlefield syndrome in which a soldier may become lost in thought due to stress from the fight. The 1000 Yard Stare is named such because the soldier may seem to be focusing on an object very far away, and may even become unresponsive to external stimuli. The phrase was coined during the Vietnam war.

Many soldiers are stuck in the 1000 Yard Stare after combat stress.

1000 yard stare by ~Magic Marker May 13, 2007

1000 Yard Stare 

The 1000 Yard Stare, or the 2000 Yard Stare, was a symptom of battlefield stress and exhaustion. It became named so during World War II, because the victim would become unresponsive and stare "a thousand yards off".

After the invasion of Peleiu, many Marines would fall victim to the 1000 Yard Stare after numerous days of endless combat.

1000 Yard Stare by Captain Miller January 24, 2009