polish a turd
verbDefinitions
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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