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
Johanna	yo-HAH-nah (German), yo-HAHN-nah (Danish, Dutch), YO-hahn-nah (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, English, Late Roman
Cristiana	kree-STYAH-nah (Italian)	Italian, Portuguese
Cullen	['kʌlən]
Emelia	i-MEE-lee-ə, i-MEEL-yə	English
Giambattista	jahm-baht-TEE-stah	Italian
Archbold	['a:tʃbəuld]