nail Jell-O to the wall

and nail Jell-O to a cross and nail Jell-O to a tree

phr. to do?something that is totally futile. (Jell-O is a protected trade name.) You’re wasting your time. Trying to get him to do that is like nailing Jell-O to the wall.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Melanthios	-	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Ewen	-	Scottish
Lunete	-	Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Temitope	-	Western African, Yoruba
Shou	sho:	Japanese
Ingrid	ING-rid (Swedish), ING-ree (Norwegian), ING-grit (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German