polish a turd

verb

Definitions

  1. To work on a time-consuming and ultimately pointless or impossible task

    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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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