balls to the wall
With maximum effort or commitment.
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 was balls to the wall, that I didn't w
wall
UK /wɔːl/ US /wɔl/
name 9noun 7verb 6intj 1
Definitions
noun
1
A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
2
A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
The town wall was surrounded by a moat.
From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
3
Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
We're adding another wall in this room during the remodeling. The wind blew against the walls of the tent.
[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.
4
A point of desperation.
5
A point of defeat or extinction.
They want Abramovich out for obvious reasons, including the optics, and they do not want to send Chelsea to the wall as they consider the club to be of cultural significance to the country.
verb
1
To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.
He walled the study with books.
2
To use a wallhack.
3
To wallbang.
I walled her. She's low [health].
verb
1
To boil.
2
To well, as water; spring.
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