Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1369arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1364arrow-down1external-linkTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgLifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square80fedilinkfile-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-up96·1 day 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-up27·1 day 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-up22·1 day agoI want a pipe organ in my garage.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-210 hours 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-up2·edit-210 hours agoYeah i didn’t catch that, thanks
minus-squareit's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoThat’s what she said
minus-squareEvil_incarnate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 day agoI want a garage in my pipe organ.
minus-squareBen Hur Horse Race@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day 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!