Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1390arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1385arrow-down1external-linkTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgLifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-up103·1 month 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-up29·1 month 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-up25·1 month agoI want a pipe organ in my garage.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 month 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-21 month agoYeah i didn’t catch that, thanks
minus-squareit's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoThat’s what she said
minus-squareEvil_incarnate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoI want a garage in my pipe organ.
minus-squareBen Hur Horse Race@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month 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.
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
That’s what she said
I want a garage in my pipe organ.
comedy genius. really useful.
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Found Dewey!