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.