February 28, 2025
Game
PEACH
YO-YO
EGG
MARBLES
TOOTHPASTE
WAFFLE
DOLL
MIND
GENIE
ANGEL
SENSE
HESITATE
WAVER
WITS
BELL
DEAR
Hints
BE INDECISIVE
Indecision or Hesitation
- HESITATE: To pause or hold back in uncertainty or reluctance.
- WAFFLE: To speak or write evasively, often due to indecision.
- WAVER: To fluctuate between choices or opinions.
- YO-YO: To move up and down or back and forth, often unpredictably, like a yo-yo.
LOVELY PERSON
Terms of Endearment or Affection
- ANGEL: A term of endearment for someone kind and pure.
- DEAR: A term of affection, often used for loved ones.
- DOLL: A playful term of endearment, often for someone attractive or sweet.
- PEACH: A term of endearment for someone delightful or charming.
LUCIDITY
Clarity of Thought or Mind
- MARBLES: Slang for mental faculties or sanity, as in 'losing one's marbles.'
- MIND: The faculty of consciousness and thought.
- SENSE: The ability to think clearly or logically.
- WITS: Mental sharpness or intelligence.
COMPONENTS OF METAPHORS FOR THINGS THAT CAN’T BE UNDONE
Irreversible Actions or Situations
- BELL: As in 'you can't unring a bell,' meaning something cannot be undone.
- EGG: As in 'you can't unscramble an egg,' meaning something cannot be reversed.
- GENIE: As in 'you can't put the genie back in the bottle,' meaning something cannot be undone once it's out.
- TOOTHPASTE: As in 'you can't put toothpaste back in the tube,' meaning something cannot be undone once it's done.