Yard Stick

King William Island, which was the only land he had ever trod, was his yard-stick by which he measured all other islands. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I built my guitar from a yard-stick and cut-out cardboard body. ❋ Gary Moshimer (2011)

“Hey Pascal, where did you buy that yard-stick thing?” ❋ Unknown (2010)

Consider that the yard-stick for how far a person will walk is 5 minutes or 400 meters. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Learned that perhaps the social yard-stick, by which a person may be measured in Mexico, might be different from elsewhere. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If the campaign is a yard-stick for the presidency, Obama is ready. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I think because it's the dreaded "second book" you'll always be comparing it to the first, because Dog of the North is published - it's become the yard-stick. ❋ Tim Stretton (2008)

Also Darling by announcing that the economy will be growing again by the third-quarter of next year has created a yard-stick against which this PBR can be measured. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Just after an election officials use 'turnout' as a yard-stick of success. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He explained to the company the future importance of this establishment, computed the strength of the floorings, the thickness of the walls, and regretted extremely not having a yard-stick such as Monsieur Binet possessed for his own special use. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The yard-stick would be agreed on at the President's Conference on Small Business at the end of the month in Durban. ❋ Unknown (1995)

For Time [as measure] must be either the movement measured by magnitude, or the measuring magnitude itself or something using the magnitude like a yard-stick to appraise the movement. ❋ Plotinus (1952)