Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1389arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1384arrow-down1external-linkTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgLifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square81fedilinkfile-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 linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up101·10 days agoAnother 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-up29·10 days agoOhhhh this makes sense too! I actually have a pipe organ in my garage so I know exactly what you’re talking about!
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·10 days agoI want a pipe organ in my garage.
minus-squareit's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 days agoThat’s what she said
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-29 days agoI wish I owned a garage. Or a house. Or a fucking shed. Need to start smaller. Maybe food first. We’ll work our way into it
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 days agoYeah i didn’t catch that, thanks
minus-squareEvil_incarnate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·10 days agoI want a garage in my pipe organ.
minus-squareBen Hur Horse Race@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 days agocomedy genius. really useful.
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.
That’s what she said
I wish I owned a garage. Or a house. Or a fucking shed. Need to start smaller. Maybe food first. We’ll work our way into it
*our way
Yeah i didn’t catch that, thanks
I want a garage in my pipe organ.
comedy genius. really useful.
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Found Dewey!