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overripe
This word is most commonly used to describe fruits, but it can occasionally be used metaphorically to describe a situation that has gone on too long and is now failing. In cooking, "overripe" is often seen as a positive thing for certain recipes (like banana bread or smoothies) because the fruit becomes sweeter and softer.
💬Casual Conversation
🎬Tuesday afternoon, Sarah is hiding in the breakroom to avoid her boss.
Jessica
I'm losing it. The avocados for the office lunch are totally overripe.
Sarah
Just wing it and make guac. I'm clocked out mentally anyway.
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Jessica views the fruit's condition as a crisis, while Sarah uses the phrasal verb 'wing it' (to improvise) and the idiom 'clocked out mentally' to express her burnout and indifference toward the office event.