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
Harvey	HAHR-vee	English
Loraine	[lɔ'rein]
Roshanara	-	Persian (Archaic)
Hank	HANGK	English
Shyam	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Nepali
Candelas	-	Spanish