| 单词 | to paint the forth bridge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto paint the Forth Bridge P4. transitive. to paint the Forth Bridge and variants [in allusion to the huge task of maintaining the painted surfaces of the railway bridge over the Firth of Forth, central Scotland] : used in similative phrases as the type of a never-ending or arduous task. ΚΠ 1901 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 16 July 3/1 The Forth Bridge is constantly being repainted.] 1955 Times 2 Mar. 7/1 One of its main tasks is to keep the authoritative dictionary of the French language up to date, and this task, like painting the Forth bridge, is never finished. 1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Oct. ii. 1/6 Mr. Edgar compared his task to painting the Forth Bridge: every time a version was finished it needed re-doing from the start. 1995 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 25 Mar. 2 He looked like a man beginning to paint the Forth Bridge on his own. ‘It is a bit of a lonely life, and it's very hard work.’ < as lemmas |
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