blowing one's load
Finishing too soon
Blowing one's load means to ejaculate—the load being semen.
By extension, it describes expending all one's resources or energy at once, often prematurely or unwisely: Don't blow your load in the first quarter—save something for the finish.
The phrase is vulgar in both senses.
- outburstSudden emotional release
- ejaculationSudden expulsion or outcry
- busting a nutMale sexual release
- drainingDepleting one's reserves
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
exhaustion · eruption · explosion · spurt · emission · expenditure · depletion · confession · tantrum · excretion · overflow · premature · going off early · shooting blanks · revelation · spilling the beans · catharsis · overexertion
blowing one's loadedging
Decorative border material
holding back · withholding · erectile dysfunction · delayed gratification · prolonging
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