heaping Pelion upon Ossa

Adding difficulty to difficulty; fruitless efforts. The reference is to the attempt by the giants in Greek mythology to climb to heaven by piling Mount Ossa upon Mount Pelion.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adolfito	-	Spanish
Jon (1)	YOON (Swedish, Norwegian), YON (Danish, Basque)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Basque
Lawrie	-	English
Franciszek	frahn-CHEE-shek	Polish
Marike	MAH-ree-kə	Dutch
Akiva	ah-KEE-vah	Hebrew