throw spaghetti at the wall
Test random approaches
To throw spaghetti at the wall is to try many approaches hoping something works, from the folk method of testing pasta doneness by seeing if it sticks.
The phrase usually carries a note of desperation or lack of strategy: We don't have a real plan—we're just throwing spaghetti at the wall.
Often shortened to throw it at the wall and see what sticks.
- attemptEffort to accomplish
- trial runPreliminary test attempt
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- testEvaluative examination
- trialJudicial examination of claims
tinkering · improvising · endeavor · effort · gambling · shot in the dark · wild guess · iterating · trial and error · see what sticks · brainstorming · blue sky thinking · hypothesis · hit or miss · prototyping · colloquialism · tactic · method
throw spaghetti at the wallmethodical
Organized and deliberate
scientific method · by the book · systematic · systematic approach · deliberate
throw spaghetti at the wallsurgical strike
Targeted operation minimizing damage
targeted · focused · precision targeting · precision strike · economical
throw spaghetti at the wallsure thing
Guaranteed outcome or agreement
calculated risk · informed decision · informed choice · play it safe · play the odds