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Indecision Buridan’s ass unable to decide between two haystacks, he would starve to death. [Fr. Philos.: Brewer Dictionary, 154] his irresolution usually leads to catatonia. [Am. Lit.: The Sot-Weed Factor] college man with absolutely no direction. [Am. Lit.: The Graduate] Tragic hero who tarries and broods over revenge and suicide. [Br. Lit.: Hamlet] 7th constellation of the Zodiac; those born under Libra may be indecisive. [Astrology: Payton, 389] unable to decide whether to marry, he consults many people and undertakes a long voyage to visit an oracle. [Fr. Lit.: Rabelais Gargantua and Pantagruel] put off a decision on which suitor to marry by secretly unraveling the shroud she said she must first complete. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]
shilly-shallying oligarch; nicknamed Cothurnus, i.e., ambipedal boot. [Gk. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 960] tramps are torn between waiting for Godot to solve their problems and hanging themselves. [Anglo-French Drama: Samuel Beckett Waiting for Godot in Magill III, 1113] would-be writer, cursed with indecision, accomplishes nothing. [Am. Lit.: Peter Whiffle, Magill I, 739–741] cannot decide guilt or innocence. [Am. Hist.: Misc.] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Her seeming indecision was, in fact, more than indecision: it was misgiving. Though much under Hayward's influence, he would not grant that indecision pointed to a charming sensitiveness; and he resented the shadow of a sneer with which Hayward looked upon his straight ways. He returned to the hotel, and took up the writing materials--and behold the intolerable indecision seized him again, declining to be washed out |
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