What is it called when you say something without saying it?
Speaking in innuendo is when you say something indirectly — often of a hurtful or sexual nature. Innuendo in Latin means “to point to” or “nod to.” When you refer to something indirectly, you point at it without mentioning it, making an innuendo.
What is the meaning of the phrase can of worms as it is used in paragraph 10?
If you say that someone is opening a can of worms, you are warning them that they are planning to do or talk about something that is much more complicated, unpleasant, or difficult than they realize and that might be better left alone.
What is it called when you can’t explain something?
indefinable. adjective. impossible to describe or explain clearly.
What’s it called when someone says something rude in a nice way?
uncouth. adjective. behaving in a way that polite people consider rude or offensive.
What’s the word for saying one thing but doing another?
facetiously
People who say things facetiously are being a little bit sarcastic, saying one thing and meaning another, or treating a serious subject in a funny way.
What does wood for the trees mean?
British. : to not understand or appreciate a larger situation, problem, etc., because one is considering only a few parts of it.
What’s the word for a feeling you can’t describe?
Alexithymia. Definition: inability to identify and express or describe one’s feelings. Alexithymia is a fairly recent word, showing up in English in the mid-1970s.
What does gaudily mean?
1 : ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented gaudy costumes. 2 : marked by extravagance or sometimes tasteless showiness : outlandish gaudy lies gaudy claims also : exceptional a gaudy batting average.
Which idiom suits the phrase easy?
A piece of cake Meaning: Extremely easy and straightforward.
What is it called when one thing affects another and vice versa?
1a : inversely related : opposite. b : of, constituting, or resulting from paired crosses in which the kind that supplies the male parent of the first cross supplies the female parent of the second cross and vice versa.