all wool and a yard wide

Idioms  

1. Genuine, not fake; of excellent quality; also, honorable. For example, You can count on Ned—he's all wool and a yard wide. This metaphorical term alludes to a length of highly valued pure-wool cloth that measures exactly a yard (and not an inch less). [Late 1800s]

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all wool and a yard wide

He's the same old Frank . . . just like he was before the election ... all wool and a yard wide.

From Time Magazine Archive

The passengers are the right sort, every man and woman among ’em all wool and a yard wide.

From His Unknown Wife by Louis Tracy

"He's all wool and a yard wide," affirmed Bart.

From Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs by Homer Randall

They're all wool and a yard wide, but you needn't think my handmade nobility is going to efface itself just because the Montmorencies and the Rohans don't ask it out to dine.

From Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica by John Kendrick Bangs

"He's all wool and a yard wide," agreed Bart.

From Army Boys on the Firing Line or, Holding Back the German Drive by Homer Randall