A broken or damaged object can represent a less than perfect, impaired, less effective, or useless version of whatever the object represents.
For example, a broken steering wheel could mean you’re feeling less than effective at staying on track in your life right now.
A broken wedding ring could represent a feeling that your marriage is going through challenges and could use some “repair.” See also: Depleted, Breaking, Bursting, Flood, Inferior, Hole, Leg, Destroying, Disabled
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