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Idiom idiom

no borax, no glue


Denotes that the speaker is seeking or sharing a way to accomplish a difficult task that omits core ingredients or sidesteps the orthodox approaches.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

I need a recipe for slime with no borax, no glue.

CONTEXTUAL

The project requires a creative solution that uses no borax, no glue, so we must find an alternative method.

COMPLEX

The engineer insisted on a design that utilized no borax, no glue, effectively bypassing the traditional constraints of the manufacturing process.


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  1. 01

    send to the glue factory

    To kill, usually a horse.

Last updated August 10, 2026