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
Cherie	SHER-ee, shə-REE	English
Yakim	-	Russian
Mictlantecuhtli	-	Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Nethaniah	neth-ə-NIE-ə (English)	Biblical
Fatimah	fah-TIM-ah (Arabic)	Arabic, Malay, Indonesian
Vilma	VEEL-mah (Finnish)	Spanish, Hungarian, German, Swedish, Finnish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian