Idioms And Metaphors

noun a dark discoloration of the skin around the eye, typically caused by bruising or injury

• She had a black eye after getting hit with a baseball during the game.
• He ended up with a black eye from accidentally walking into a door.
• I heard she got a shiner, AKA a black eye, from a fight at the bar.
• The scandal gave a black eye to the company's reputation.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action or state of being

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence

article a word that is used to indicate whether a noun is specific or unspecific

• Trying to get a definitive answer from him is like nailing jelly to a wall.
• Getting him to make a decision is like trying to nail jelly to a wall.
• It's like trying to nail jello to a wall with him.
• Her emotions were so unpredictable, trying to understand her was like nailing jelly to a wall.