shoot your wad

shoot (one's) wad

1. slang To lose or spend all of one's money. My Las Vegas trip was short lived—I shot my wad at the poker table in the first two hours! Here's $20 for the weekend, don't shoot your whole wad tonight.

2. vulgar slang Of a male, to ejaculate semen during an orgasm.

shoot your wad

If someone shoots their wad, they use all their effort or money for something, so that they have no energy or money left. He gave the impression of a man who shot his wad too early, and was left with only a reputation and some memories. The team seems to have shot its wad earlier in the season.

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释义	shoot your wad shoot (one's) wad 1. slang To lose or spend all of one's money. My Las Vegas trip was short lived—I shot my wad at the poker table in the first two hours! Here's $20 for the weekend, don't shoot your whole wad tonight. 2. vulgar slang Of a male, to ejaculate semen during an orgasm. See also: shoot, wad Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. shoot your wad If someone shoots their wad, they use all their effort or money for something, so that they have no energy or money left. He gave the impression of a man who shot his wad too early, and was left with only a reputation and some memories. The team seems to have shot its wad earlier in the season. See also: shoot, wad Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: shoot (one's) wad shoot one’s wad shoot wad wad blow (one's) wad blow (one's) load shoot one's bolt, to wad up money from home (one's) day in court References in periodicals archive You do deplete yourself; you do shoot your wad. And there are situations that make it more difficult and this has been one of them. An interview with Jane D. Schaberg
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