@Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1318arrow-down1external-linkTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.org@Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-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-squarepwnicholsonlinkfedilinkEnglish24•5 months agoCool story, but not where that comes from and not how that phrase is used. “Just under the wire” means “just in time”, “at the last second”, etc. It comes from horse racing and the wire they would strong across the finish line. Same as “down to the wire” https://www.dictionary.com/browse/under--the--wire
minus-squareLovable SidekicklinkfedilinkEnglish5•5 months agoInteresting - I know about the horse-racing wire, it was to trip the photo-finish camera.
Cool story, but not where that comes from and not how that phrase is used.
“Just under the wire” means “just in time”, “at the last second”, etc.
It comes from horse racing and the wire they would strong across the finish line. Same as “down to the wire”
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/under--the--wire
Interesting - I know about the horse-racing wire, it was to trip the photo-finish camera.