TIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingo

https://lemmy.world/post/23358584

TIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingo - Lemmy.World

I never knew and got curious and looked it up. I guess it makes more sense than slamming your testicals against the wall.

So is the term “grounded” and I genuinely wonder what parents used to say to their misbehaved children before airplane terminology was commonplace.
They just beat them.