balls to the wall | Idiomator

Meaning: (US,idiomatic,slang)Withmaximumeffortorcommitment.Synonym:all out2006,Michael D. Brown,Testimony before the US Senate Homeland Security Committee:I told the staff...the day before the hurricane struck that I expected them to cut every piece of red tape, do everything they could, that it wasballs to the wall, that I didn't want to hear anybody say that we couldn't do anything—to do everything they humanly could to respond.2021November 1, Samantha Hissong, quoting Gordon Goner, “How Four NFT Novices Created a Billion-Dollar Ecosystem of Cartoon Apes”, inRolling Stone‎[2]:“I always goballs to the wall,” founding Ape Gordon Goner tells Rolling Stone over Zoom.2023June 15, Kat Moon, “Ashley Park’s Main Character Energy From ‘Joy Ride’ Is Here To Stay: ‘I’m Treating Myself Like A Lead Now’”, inWomen's Health‎[3]:“Asian women on-screen, especially in America and Hollywood, have been so sexualized and fetishized for the benefit of other people’s stories or jokes,” Ashley says. “And we’re like, ‘We’re gonna goballs to the wall, further than anyone’s gone with Asian women.’”; (US,idiomatic,slang)Full throttle; (at) maximumspeed.[since the 1960s]

Examples:

EN: Well, damn if we're not balls to the wall with all-American hero types here tonight.
ES: Vaya, si me he topado de narices... con un monton de héroes americanos.
EN: Never get a shot at nailing some guilty bastard"s balls to the wall.
ES: Nunca colgaremos al bastardo en la pared.
EN: 'Balls to the wall, balls to the wall !
ES: ¡Pelotas a la pared, pelotas a la pared!
EN: All or nothing, our balls to the wall !
ES: Todo o nada, nuestras pelotas a la pared!
EN: We're gonna go balls to the wall.
ES: Iremos con nuestro mejor esfuerzo.
EN: Believe me, we're gonna, we're gonna go balls to the wall.
ES: Créeme, seguiremos contra todo pronostico.
EN: Over 40 hours of original gameplay.. from the authority of balls to the wall action!
ES: ¡Más de 40 horas de juegos originales de una autoridad que deja a todos con los huevos contra la pared!
EN: by the way, the Chief just went balls to the wall for us, guys.
ES: Por cierto, el Jefe recien fue de bolas contra la pared por nosotros,
EN: My motto in business, and in life, is "balls to the wall".
ES: Mi lema en los negocios y en la vida... es " los cojones contra la pared": a toda máquina.
EN: We're going balls to the wall.
ES: Pondremos los cojones contra la pared.
EN: Don't you wanna go balls to the wall?
ES: ¿No quieres poner los cojones contra la pared?
EN: Raquel's gonna fly in tonight, and I'm gonna go balls to the wall here, get my assistant on board, and try to find a wedding chapel to get married tonight.
ES: Raquel va a volar esta noche, Y voy a ir en bolas por aquí, tener mi ayuda a bordo, e intentar encontrar una iglesia para casarnos esta noche.
EN: Victoria and I had sex Basically with my strap-on, Like, balls to the wall,
ES: Victoria y yo tuvimos sexo básicamente con mi correa, como, pelotas contra la pared, como, sin inhibiciones
EN: I'm gonna go balls to the wall with this tomboy thing.
ES: Voy a ir a todas todas con este rollo machorro.
EN: If you wanna fast lap out, you've got to throw your balls to the wall, as it's said.
ES: Si quieres conseguir una vuelta rápida, tienes que hacerlo Echarle huevos, como se dice.

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