I served a huge Thanksgiving dinner: turkey, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie—the whole nine yards. [=all the foods that are traditionally served for Thanksgiving dinner]我做了一顿丰盛的感恩节大餐，有火鸡、土豆泥、南瓜饼——一样都不少。

If we're going to replace the cabinets, we might as well go the whole nine yards [=do everything that there is to do] and remodel the entire kitchen.咱们要是更换橱柜的话，不妨彻底把整个厨房重新改造一番。