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Verb
polish a turd (third-person singular simple present polishes a turd, present participle polishing a turd, simple past and past participle polished a turd)
- (idiomatic, vulgar) To work on a time-consuming and ultimately pointless or impossible task; to try to perfect what is inherently bad.
- Near-synonym: put lipstick on a pig
2006, Michael Fak, Portions of a Life: Recollections and Reflections, page 197:Demaso, trying hard to scrub a wall behind one of the toilets, started complaining how dirty the walls in the entire bathroom were. Tripp also chimed in that they were polishing a turd and that what the bathroom needed was a fresh coat of paint.
Translations
work on a time-consuming and ultimately pointless task
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 緣木求魚 / 缘木求鱼 (zh) (yuánmùqiúyú)
- Finnish: hinkata (fi)
- Russian: please add this translation if you can
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