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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.

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Put it this way, had the pair continued to shoot blanks as they had been for most of the previous month then the man getting it firmly in the neck would have been the Celtic manager. Should wee Gordon be looking over his shoulder? by The Mirror (London, England) Meanwhile, the Dodgers offense continued to mostly shoot blanks - thanks largely to three moments that would have loomed large if the team hadn't rallied late. TOMKO IS THE ANSWER VETERAN IS STELLAR IN DODGERS' WIN DODGERS 2, ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) The onus once again falls upon Newcastle's firing squad not to shoot blanks. United's hit squad need to find target by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			shift for oneself shift gears shift ground shine shine up to ship ship off to shipping and handling ships that pass in the night shirk duty shirt shit shit a brick shit happens Shit or get off the can! shithouse shitless shiver shock shoe shoe is on the other foot shook shook up shoot shoot a place up shoot blanks shoot bolt shoot cookies shoot daggers at shoot down shoot down in flames Shoot first, ask questions later shoot for shoot from the hip shoot hoops shoot in the foot shoot load shoot mouth off shoot oneself in the foot shoot out shoot the breeze shoot the bull shoot the cat shoot the messenger shoot the works shoot to hell shoot up shoot wad shooter shop shop around			Shooks shool shoon Shoop Shoop Da Whoop shoos shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot Shoot 'Em Up Shoot 'Em Up shoot (one's) bolt shoot (one's) bolt shoot (one's) bolt shoot (one's) bolt shoot (one's) wad shoot (one's) wad shoot (one's) wad shoot (one's) wad shoot a dirty look shoot a line shoot a place up Shoot and Boot Shoot apical meristem Shoot apical meristem shoot at shoot away shoot blanks shoot bolt shoot breakfast Shoot Compared to Auto-Rune shoot cookies shoot craps shoot cuffs shoot cuffs shoot cuffs shoot cuffs shoot daggers at shoot down shoot down shoot down shoot down shoot down shoot down in flames Shoot Dry Matter Shoot First, Ask Questions Later Shoot First, Ask Questions Later Shoot First, Hit First, Die First shoot for shoot for shoot for the sky shoot forth shoot forward shoot from the hip shoot from the hip shoot from the hip shoot from the hip shoot from the hip

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fire blanks (redirected from shoot blanks)

fire blanks
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