fire blanks



fire/shoot blanks

  (humorous)
if a man is firing blanks, there is no sperm (= the cells which combine with the female's egg to start life) in his semen (= the liquid produced in the male sexual organs) (usually in continuous tenses) They had a series of fertility tests done and found out that basically Tony was firing blanks.
See also: blank, fire

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tegwen-Welsh
SvenSVENSwedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch
Jimmy['dʒimi]
Julitayuw-LEE-tahPolish
GertrudeGUR-trood (English), khər-TRUY-də (Dutch)English, Dutch
Letty['leti]