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
Krimhilde	krim-HIL-də	German
NÎGa	-	Kurdish
Arago	[ə'ra:gɔ]
EmÍLia	-	Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
Tzidkiyahu	-	Biblical Hebrew
Yaara	-	Hebrew