Lifecoach5000TIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingo
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆I’ve never understood “Peddle to the meddle.” What am I peddling and who’s meddling in my peddling? ^/s^
HikingVetPedal to the metal.
Petal to the mettle.
owenfromcanadaaka competitive gardening
YarHarSuperstarEnglish is so stupid.
No, your.
[deleted] in lemmyTo expand, it is referring to pushing the gas pedal to the (metal) floor when racing.
Close, but your inverted and I feel the need for… Keeping up with foreign relations . That one comes from the 80s or 80s where TV executives were pushing a cartoons series about a travelling group of crime solvers. They had the show syndicated, but it was rookie numbers and they needed to pump them right up. The show was known for villains saying they would have got away with it without the meddling kids (and sometimes dags). So the marketers came up with he catchphrase to inspire the marketers to spread the word more. It worked and the show became wildly successful.
I think it may be peddling bullshit to meddle with the integrity of the English language