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.

Related

exhaustion · eruption · explosion · spurt · emission · expenditure · depletion · confession · tantrum · excretion · overflow · premature · going off early · shooting blanks · revelation · spilling the beans · catharsis · overexertion

Opposites
sexual timing/control

blowing one's loadedging

Decorative border material

holding back · withholding · erectile dysfunction · delayed gratification · prolonging

resource expenditure

blowing one's loadholding back

Preventing forward movement

keeping one's powder dry · rationing · biding one's time

emotional/verbal restraint

blowing one's loadkeeping it together

Staying functional despite stress

Family

blow, blowing, blown, blows, ones, load, loads, loaded, loading

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated R