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English term or phrase:

Yeah, I put his balls in the freezer for a week and then I used them to break th

English answer:

I made him suffer, and used that to get ahead

Added to glossary by NancyLynn
Nov 24, 2006 17:03
17 yrs ago
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English term

Yeah, I put his balls in the freezer for a week and then I used them to break th

Not for points English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature slang
Computer game character, some sort of hard nosed businesswoman having a pleasant but generic conversation with another character.

I understand the glass ceiling part (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_ceiling) but "balls in the freezer"? Is it literal, or some idiom is going on there?

Thank you!

Sorry, no further context: http://www.proz.com/post/460068
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4 +6 I made him suffer, and used that to break the glass ceiling
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Discussion

Tony M Nov 24, 2006:
Alain, you might possibly have considered marking this question 'potentially offensive' ;-)
Alain Dellepiane (asker) Nov 24, 2006:
FULL SENTENCE:
"Yeah, I put his balls in the freezer for a week and then I used them to break the glass ceiling."

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+6
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I made him suffer, and used that to break the glass ceiling

I put his balls in the freezer: well, you know the story better than I do, but a few scenarios come to mind: she "froze" him out either by not sleeping with him, or by ignoring him, or by making him feel bad at every opportunity (at home, at work, whatever the case may be), then used his resulting weakened resolve to break her way through the glass ceiling, achieve a promotion, get ahead.

HTH
Peer comment(s):
agree Dave Calderhead
1 min
agree Julia Bogdan Rollo (X) : I would say used that to get ahead (at work, etc.), but I agree otherwise...
17 mins
agree Ken Cox : good explanation (in this case the asker's overhasty acceptance is at least justified)
25 mins
agree Will Matter : Yikes. Horrified, but I agree. Basically, she used his frozen balls to smash the "glass ceiling".
47 mins
agree Alfa Trans (X)
51 mins
agree Jonathan MacKerron : got him by the nads
53 mins
by the short'n'curlies! there are so many vivid descriptions...
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