Idiom idiom
no borax, no glue
Meaning
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.
Examples
“I need a recipe for slime with no borax, no glue.”
“The project requires a creative solution that uses no borax, no glue, so we must find an alternative method.”
“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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Last updated August 10, 2026