You’re watching Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for January 29.

Curmudgeons Day

Today’s word is yard.

yard /jɑːd $ jɑːrd/

the whole nine yards idiom

INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN

everything possible or available

When I was little, my family always had lots of pets - dogs, cats, hamsters, fish, rabbits - the whole nine yards.

The weather was terrible but I wanted to go the whole nine yards and get to the top of the mountain.

yardstick noun

a standard for making a critical judgment : CRITERION

Some feel that test scores aren't an adequate yardstick for judging a student's ability.

Ratings are the yardstick by which TV shows are evaluated by networks.