shoe the goose

To attempt a futile or pointless task. You'd have better luck shoeing a goose than getting those flowers to grow on such rocky soil. A: "I'm busy fixing this cassette player right now." B: "You're busy shoeing the goose, more like! Who needs a cassette player these days?"

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Brooks	[bru:ks]
Ezra	EZ-rə (English)	Biblical, English, Hebrew
Ruqayyah	-	Arabic
Byelobog	-	Slavic Mythology
Huda	-	Arabic
Parminder	-	Indian (Sikh)