roast snow in a furnace

To attempt a futile, often ridiculous, task. You're so tiny that there's no way you can carry that armchair upstairs all by yourself—you might as well roast snow in a furnace!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Merja	MER-yah	Finnish
MartÍN	mahr-TEEN	Spanish
Rosinha	-	Portuguese
Kristoffer	KREES-tof-fer (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
JØRn	-	Danish, Norwegian
Frang	-	Scottish