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
Bradley	BRAD-lee	English
Tamerlane	-	History
Hayleigh	HAY-lee	English (Modern)
Naum	-	Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Kristian	KREES-tyahn (Swedish), KREES-tee-ahn (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Heddwyn	-	Welsh