boil the ocean

tv. to waste one’s time attempting to do the impossible. (see also plowing water.) You’re wasting my time. You might as well be boiling the ocean.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Joris	YO-ris (Dutch)	Dutch, Frisian
Bogdana	bawg-DAH-nah (Polish)	Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic
Evgeniy	yev-GYE-nee, eev-GYE-nee	Russian
Recep	-	Turkish
Batbayar	-	Mongolian
Stan	[stæn]