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
Ioudith	-	Biblical Greek
Keiran	-	English (Rare)
Felip	-	Catalan
Gergely	GER-gay	Hungarian
Ing	-	Germanic Mythology
Hartmut	HAHRT-moot (German)	German, Ancient Germanic