There are a few different ways of taking that phrase. The first is the obvious literal one that my wife did yesterday. She made lots and lots and lots of delicious meatballs. We had some for dinner last night and they were totally yummy. She made so many though we have like 9 bags of meatballs in sauce in the freezer and then another dozen or more meatballs ready for other uses. As I said lots of balls.
There is another way to take this phrase as well. As in how brave my wife is some days. Take the day she went out on a lake in a wobbly canoe at night (a fear of hers being on water in the dark) and doing that while wearing sunglasses since her glasses had been lost. That took a lot of balls in the non literal sense.
Then you have the final sense. In that lack of what my wife has. Those people who refuse to deal with something, they slink away and try to do an ostrich impression. By ignoring and avoiding the obvious they have a lot of balls. As in the sarcastic lot of balls way, failing to deal with something and by doing so being a coward.
Anyway, today's lesson in the way to take phrase is now over. So is another blog post by me. Who would have though I had so many posts in me?
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