wash a brick

To do or attempt something futile. That couch will never fit up the steps—tell them to stop trying to wash a brick!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Enobarbus	-	Literature
Radoslava	rah-dah-SLAH-vah (Russian)	Czech, Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Medieval Slavic
Gotthilf	GAWT-hilf	German
Au&Eth;Rhildr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Lyosha	-	Russian
Hadley	HAD-lee	English