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RE: TIL: "The Whole 9 Yards"

in #til7 years ago

yup..that pretty much sums it up...lock stock and barrel.

  • Lock, stock, and barrel is a merism (figure of speech) used predominantly in the United Kingdom and North America, meaning 'all', 'total', 'everything'. The effective portions of a gun (or more specifically a musket) are the lock (used to hold ready the sparking mechanism), the stock (the portion held), and the barrel (the aiming guide and conveyor for the explosive-driven projectile). Collectively they are the whole weapon, and therefore everything

(another gunnie saying)