英语词汇all wool and a yard wide的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	all wool and a yard wide
词源	all wool and a yard wide. Dating back at least to the late 19th century, this expression may have originated during the Civil War, when shoddy, cloth made from reprocessed wool and supplied to the Union Army, often literally unraveled on a wearer’s back. The phrase has come to mean something or someone of high quality or reliability, as in “He’s all wool and a yard wide.”
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