> First attested in the 1960s in the context of aviation, in reference to ball-shaped grips on an aircraft's joystick and throttle. Pushing the "balls to the wall" would put the plane into a maximum-speed dive
> Not related to the vulgar sense of balls (“testicles”).
> balls to the wall | accelerate efforts | Attributes personality traits to anatomy.
I've always thought this term had nothing to do with anatomy; am I incorrect here?
From https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/balls_to_the_wall
> First attested in the 1960s in the context of aviation, in reference to ball-shaped grips on an aircraft's joystick and throttle. Pushing the "balls to the wall" would put the plane into a maximum-speed dive > Not related to the vulgar sense of balls (“testicles”).