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Thesaurus: nail Jell-O to a tree
nail Jell-O to a tree (US, slang, rare) To do something that is impossible or very difficult, with connotations of “pointless”.
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- nail Jell-O to a tree (US, slang, rare) To do something that is impossible or very difficult, with connotations of “pointless”.