Significado: backyard 
n. patio trasero, jardín posterior, jardín trasero, patio interior, patio posterior, traspatio
not in my back yard Idioma
the whole nine yards
boneyard
2. domino pile to draw from
in one's own backyard
Idiom(s): in one's (own) backyardTheme: PROXIMITY
[figuratively] very close to one.
• That kind of thing is quite rare. Imagine it happening right in your backyard.
• You always think of something like that happening to someone else. You never expect to find it in your own backyard.
all wool and a yard wide
Idiom(s): all wool and a yard wideTheme: KINDNESS
genuinely warmhearted and friendly. (Informal and folksy. Refers to woolen cloth that is 100% wool and exactly one yard wide.)
• Old Bob is a true gentleman—all wool and a yard wide.
• The banker, hardly all wool and a yard wide, wouldn't give us a loan.
Graveyard shift
If you have to work very late at night, it is the graveyard shift.Schoolyard pick
When people take it in turns to choose a member of a team, it is a schoolyard pick.Whistling past the graveyard
(USA) If someone is whistling past the graveyard, they are trying to remain cheerful in difficult circumstances. ('Whistling past the cemetery' is also used.)Whole nine yards
The whole nine yards means means everything that is necessary or required for something.all wool and a yard wide|a yard wide|all|all wool|
adj. phr. Of fine character; especially, very generous and kind-hearted. He's a wonderful brother
all wool and a yard wide.graveyard shift|graveyard|shift
n. phr. The work period lasting from sundown to sunup, when one has to work in the dark or by artificial light. "Why are you always so sleepy in class?" Professor Brown asked Sam. "Because I have to work the graveyard shift beside going to school," Sam answered.not in my aback yard
A clichéd announcement of action to some development or change proposed for one's actual area, based on the assessment that it will accept a abrogating appulse on one's home or bounded surroundings. Often abbreviated with the acronym "NIMBY." There will consistently be bodies shouting "not in my aback yard" any time a development is proposed.Learn more: back, not, yardnot in my aback yard
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Bodies use not in my aback yard to allocution about a bearings area bodies do not appetite article to abide or appear abreast them, although they do appetite it to abide or appear about else. Ottawa's abutting burghal needs that affectionate of development, but it comes with anticipated `not in my aback yard' cries of action from bounded residents.Learn more: back, not, yardnot in my aback yard
cogent an argument to the siting of article admired as abominable in your own neighbourhood, with the affiliation that it would be adequate elsewhere. This announcement originated in the USA in aspersing references to anti-nuclear campaigners. In Britain it is decidedly associated with letters of the again Environment Secretary Nicholas Ridley's action in 1988 to apartment developments abreast his own home. More recently, it has been acclimated in affiliation with the siting of apartment for refugees and cover seekers. The byword has accustomed acceleration to the acronym nimby as a appellation for addition with these attitudes.Learn more: back, not, yardNot in my backyard!
and NIMBY exclam. & comp. abb. Don’t locate article abominable abutting to me. (Describes an attitude that bodies accurate about accepting blatant or bedraggled accessories installed abutting to area they live.) When you say, body the new boiler here, I say NIMBY. Learn more: not
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