What does this pic rebus mean?

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This is a simple rebus. What is this pic rebus saying?

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score 56 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 03 '18 at 16:33

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Things are getting out of hand.

answered Dec 03 '18 at 16:33

S. M.

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From a syntactical and admittedly semantic point of view this would read rot13("'Guvatf' vf trggvat bhg bs unaq.") – dtich Dec 04 '18 at 02:46
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Yes, but this is a rebus, they're usually not supposed to be taken that literally. – S. M. Dec 04 '18 at 17:46

Dorrulf · Answer 2 · 2018-12-05T17:53:03.143

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While I feel @S. M.'s answer is the best depiction I could think of currently, the bounty suggests this is not the desired answer... It would be nice to get a solid response to their answer though.

Until then, I guess I'll try a couple of ideas as well:

Losing my grip on things

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Things are growing out of hand

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Things are getting out of control

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Letting go of things

edited Dec 05 '18 at 17:53

answered Dec 05 '18 at 17:40

Dorrulf

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 08 '18 at 09:58

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I'll throw in my guess

Letting things get out of hand

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uses the full word "things" in a syntactically and semantically correct way (I think)

answered Dec 08 '18 at 09:58

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 02 '22 at 17:28

Some ideas...

If "What does this rebus say about life?", then

A double-meaning for "The best things in life are free."

If "Who does this rebus say is the boss?", then

I run things around here.

If "What famous book does this rebus represent?", then

Things Fall Apart ~ novel by Chinua Achebe

If "Should I say something, or not?", then

Some things are better left unsaid. ("Things" are literally going away from one's consciousness.)

If "Should I act on these desires?", then

Some things are best left to memories.
~ Bez

If, "How can I ever achieve great things?", then

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. ("Things" assembling themselves in one's hand.)
~ Vincent Van Gogh

I think I could go on all day with this, but I won't.

What does this pic rebus mean?

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