1.the author uses this term, "Spreading Jelly on the truth" because it refers that someone was sugar coating the truth, basically making the truth sound nice and less harsh.
2.the author uses this term, "Gone floating after some man like a balloon on a string" because it is explaining that someone is chasing a man or attached to a man just like a string is attached to a balloon. The author could also mean that they were emotionally attached to the man.
