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(Be) Full of the Old Nick necessary, appropriate, or possible and has been in common usage in the north of England for many years: Apparently, Pam’s wedding’s going to be the full Monty – a long white dress for the bride, morning dress for the men, four bridesmaids in matching satin and so on. An American equivalent might be the phrase the whole nine yards. Since the 1997 film “The Full Monty”, which features a group of men in Sheffield learning to strip, the phrase has acquired an additional usage, unique to the United States, meaning removing every item of clothing. Possible origins of the phrase include: • the huge Eighth Army commanded by Field Marshal Montgomery during the desert campaign in WWII (1941–1943). • rigorous training by Field Marshal Montgomery: We suddenly knew that we were going to be put through the full Monty treatment. • the large breakfasts eaten by Field Marshal Montgomery1. • a full three-piece suit with waistcoat and a spare pair of trousers (as opposed to a standard two-piece suit) from the British tailor Montague Burton. When the British forces were demobilized after WWII, they were issued with a “demob suit”. The contract for supplying these suits was fulfilled by Montague Burton, so the complete suit of clothes issued to the servicemen was known as the full Monty. (Be) Full of the Old Nick (inf) – шалить, озорничать, шкодить Always making trouble; naughty; bad: That boy is full of the Old Nick. 1 Bernard Montgomery was the senior British military commander at D-Day and retained that position until the war ended. The landings of the Allied invasion of Normandy started on June 6, 1944 (D-Day). The ‘D’ in D-Day does not stand for anything, it is just a name the military use when planning an event. 58