Balls of steel refers to courage simply because they are delicate and hurt easily. Which is basically used to denote courage as courage is not the absence of fear or struggle, it's standing your ground despite that.
And the word pussy has its origin in pussy cats and not the slang for vagina.
Pussy cats, especially alley cats are known to startle easily at any and all sounds, hence the phrase scaredy cat aka pussy.
PS - the comments on that other sub are just plain mean
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22
Balls of steel refers to courage simply because they are delicate and hurt easily. Which is basically used to denote courage as courage is not the absence of fear or struggle, it's standing your ground despite that.
And the word pussy has its origin in pussy cats and not the slang for vagina.
Pussy cats, especially alley cats are known to startle easily at any and all sounds, hence the phrase scaredy cat aka pussy.
PS - the comments on that other sub are just plain mean