Driving at max speed by pushing the accelerator pedal to the floor

His child got badly wounded in a fall, so the father put the pedal to the metal to reach the nearest hospital as fast as possible

Il bambino si era ferito cadendo; il padre lo ha caricato in macchina e ha guidato a tavoletta fino all'ospedale più vicino

We are late! We are going to miss our flight. Floor it!

Siamo in ritardo! Accelera e vai a tavoletta o perderemo l'aereo

"Hurry up! Can't you make this car go faster?" "I'm already pedal to the metal"

"Muoviti! Non riesci ad andare più veloce?" "Sono già a tavoletta"

In the 1950s cars' floorboards were made of metal and racers would press the accelerator all the way down to the metal floor in order to make their vehicles go as fast as possible