drag one's balls across
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Meaning · English
to do something with great difficulty or reluctance
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
làm việc gì đó với rất nhiều khó khăn hoặc không muốn
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Literally: to pull one's testicles across something
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
He had to drag his balls across the country to get to the meeting on time
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “drag one's balls across” mean?
to do something with great difficulty or reluctance Literally: to pull one's testicles across something
Is “drag one's balls across” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.