push shit uphill

verb

Definitions

  1. Attempting to do something with great difficulty generally with little chance of success.

    • 'Well, the makers had to push shit uphill to get it approved for consumption. Apparently the FDA knocked it back eight times because one of its ingredients converts to formaldehyde in the body,' I explained.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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