Logform for "ya" - the result of autocorrect malfunctions in Windows Mobile - also, Thanksgiving is the same sort of a word - takes a simple saying and makes it complex, thus funny.
Short form of a name for the game billiards, also known as pool. Yards is much easier to say than billiards, and people often get confused to whether the activity is the game pool or going swimming in a pool.
bill-i-yards
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
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.
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."
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."
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.