# "Emotional roller coaster" is too much of a cliché, but is there a better one?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 31, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-roller-coaster-is-too-much-of-a-cliche-but-is-there-a-better-one/623664 "2012-05-31T15:59:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-roller-coaster-is-too-much-of-a-cliche-but-is-there-a-better-one/623664/21 "2012-06-01T09:10:06Z")

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Don’t. Just describe the rapid changes of emotion and how exhausting they are. This is a case where most people are MORE deaf to metaphors than to a description, they’re so overused 🙂

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**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-roller-coaster-is-too-much-of-a-cliche-but-is-there-a-better-one/623664/22 "2012-06-01T13:10:36Z")

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Maybe a nature metaphor, such as the change of seasons or weather. When I try to write it out, it comes off as trite, like, “cancer is as unpredictable as the weather”. What I like about the idea is how death is a part of nature.

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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-roller-coaster-is-too-much-of-a-cliche-but-is-there-a-better-one/623664/23 "2012-06-01T13:33:36Z")

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Ups and downs is good.

Are maybe Gamut of Emotions.

That’s a word we don’t see much.

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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotional-roller-coaster-is-too-much-of-a-cliche-but-is-there-a-better-one/623664/24 "2012-06-01T13:40:38Z")

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> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> spiritual cheese grater.

QtM for the win! Mmmmmm…cheese

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