Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 天前TIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgLifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 天前message-square75fedilinkfile-text
I never knew and got curious and looked it up. I guess it makes more sense than slamming your testicals against the wall.
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 天前Another fun phrase with similar etymology is “pulling out all the stops”. It comes from church organs, where the stops are all of the levers that can change the timbre
minus-squareLifecoach5000@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 天前Ohhhh this makes sense too! I actually have a pipe organ in my garage so I know exactly what you’re talking about!
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 天前I wish I owned a garage. Or a house. Or a fucking shed. Need to start smaller. Maybe food first. We’ll work are way into it
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 天前Yeah i didn’t catch that, thanks
minus-squareit's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 天前That’s what she said
Another fun phrase with similar etymology is “pulling out all the stops”. It comes from church organs, where the stops are all of the levers that can change the timbre
Ohhhh this makes sense too! I actually have a pipe organ in my garage so I know exactly what you’re talking about!
I want a pipe organ in my garage.
I wish I owned a garage. Or a house. Or a fucking shed. Need to start smaller. Maybe food first. We’ll work are way into it
*our way
Yeah i didn’t catch that, thanks
That’s what she said
I want a garage in my pipe organ.
comedy genius. really useful.
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