Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square80linkfedilinkfile-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-up103·2 years 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-up29·2 years 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-up24·2 years agoI want a pipe organ in my garage.
minus-squareit's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoThat’s what she said
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 years 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-up3·2 years agoYeah i didn’t catch that, thanks
minus-squareEvil_incarnate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoI want a garage in my pipe organ.
minus-squareBen Hur Horse Race@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years 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!