Unload Barrels, Unload with Barrels

1-- Take the shells out of both barrels of the shotgun.
2-- Fire both barrels of the shotgun.

If not about guns:

- to empty both barrells (of what's inside each of them)
- to empty some material (say from a ship) by using barrels in the process (as a "tool")

Hi, MM. Hi, Marius.

MM, yours just about sounds right in understanding what I'm reading. A man returned for his high school football coach's funeral, and dropped by his ex-girl friend's, wanting to apologize for what he did to her and wanting her to show her true feelings.

"Oh, get a life! And grow up while you are at it. You're not the football hero anymore."

"There you

Actually, Mr. M. is right. You can "fire with both barrels" or "unload with both barrels" figuratively. She's not shooting at him with bullets, but with words. She tells him to "get a life" and "grow up" and reminds him he's not the star he was in high school - those are all pretty hard things for him to hear and (depending on the context, but it sounds like it here) rather harsh things to say.

Of course, in this context, it's MM's.

This simply demonstrates the importance of getting enough context. Without it, we are all just guessing.

Yes. Supplying enough context is very important.

Hiro