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
Yoav	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Eiran	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Flavianus	-	Ancient Roman
VÖLund	-	Norse Mythology
JozefÍNa	-	Slovak
Rayna (2)	-	Yiddish