Rate this phrase:1.0 / 2 votes

hard yards

The key effort in completing a difficult task

Etymology:

  • A sporting analogy referring to the game of rugby football, where making progress on the field, in measurements of yards, may lead to accomplishment and victory.
  • Originating in Australasia.
35 Views
Collection   Edit    

Submitted on July 07, 2010

Translation

Find a translation for the hard yards phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to hard yards

ridden hard and put away wethold yew hardhard-nosedhard nut to crackhard-nosedhard-pressedhard pill to swallowhard pressedit is hard for an empty sack to stand u…hard lineshard on the eyesold habits die hardhard-heartedno hard feelings

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this hard yards phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this hard yards definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "hard yards." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/hard-yards_12863>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    You can't have your ____ and eat it too.
    A Cake
    B Chicken
    C Bologna
    D Fish

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ