What's with the phrase "putting toothpaste back in the tube".
People use it to refer to something that is very difficult or impossible to do.
"Reversing Brexit? That's like putting toothpaste back in the tube."
I visited the Colgate factory and, with the right machinery, it's actually pretty easy to get that toothpaste in there.
If you can do it once, you can do it again, no? Given enough time, I think the girl above will succeed.
Forget toothpaste. There are much harder things to do.
Try doing this:
No one ever says, "it's like putting a ship back in the bottle". Back in the bottle? How the hell did it get there in the first place?
You want me to tear it down, take it out, put it back in and resurrect it?
I've got a migraine.
Try putting this back in:
I've never heard, "it's like putting a super-cute baby back in the womb."
Good luck finding volunteers for that.
And the hardest of all…?
It's like unreading a Hellooo Newman blog.
We all wish we could, but it's impossible.
