roast snow in a furnace

To attempt a futile, often ridiculous, task. You're so tiny that there's no way you can carry that armchair upstairs all by yourself—you might as well roast snow in a furnace!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Caren	KER-ən	English
Mirta	-	Spanish, Italian, Croatian
Perle	-	French, Yiddish
Aleksej	-	Slovene
Ivo (2)	-	Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Pakpao	-	Thai