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

English translation: I made him suffer, and used that to get ahead

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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
Selected answer:I made him suffer, and used that to get ahead
Entered by: NancyLynn

17:03 Nov 24, 2006
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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
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!

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Alain Dellepiane
Local time: 09:25
I made him suffer, and used that to break the glass ceiling
Explanation:
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
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NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 20:25


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4 +6I made him suffer, and used that to break the glass ceiling
NancyLynn


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yeah, i put his balls in the freezer for a week and then i used them to break th
I made him suffer, and used that to break the glass ceiling


Explanation:
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

NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 20:25
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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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