wash a brick

To do or attempt something futile. That couch will never fit up the steps—tell them to stop trying to wash a brick!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Safira	sah-FEE-rah	Esperanto
Josiah	jo-SIE-ə (English)	Biblical, English
OlÍVia	-	Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
Alexei	ah-lyek-SYAY (Russian), ah-leek-SYAY (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Babcock	['bæbkɔk]
Ragemprand	-	Ancient Germanic