boil the ocean

verb

Definitions

  1. To undertake an overwhelmingly difficult task or approach to a problem.

    • Whitman said she will not try to "boil the ocean" by taking on too much.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for boil the ocean. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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