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Definition of Forth, Firth of in English: Forth, Firth ofproper noun The estuary of the River Forth, spanned by a cantilever railway bridge (opened 1890) and a road suspension bridge (1964).
Phrases Used to indicate that a task is never-ending. it's all over for another year except that we must immediately set about seeking next year's sponsor—it's a bit like painting the Forth Bridge Example sentencesExamples - What he is asked to do is the equivalent of being asked to paint the Forth Bridge with a pint pot of paint.
- It is like painting the Forth Bridge - you clean a street and two weeks later you are back to square one.
- The old myth that painting the Forth Bridge is a never-ending process has not been true for some time.
- Dr Hope added that caring for the Minster was a daunting task similar to painting the Forth Bridge.
- The trouble is it's like painting the Forth Bridge.
- The dry-stone walls that divide up the green acres are one of the best-known features of the Yorkshire Dales but maintaining them is a labour akin to painting the Forth Bridge.
- ‘Decorating this house is like painting the Forth Bridge,’ Ryder Richardson says.
- When painters finish painting the Forth Bridge, they return to the start and begin again.
- Cleaning is a bit like painting the Forth Bridge.
- The cataloguing of the works on paper alone Lady Roberts compares to painting the Forth Bridge.
Definition of Forth, Firth of in US English: Forth, Firth ofproper noun The estuary of the Forth River in Scotland, spanned by a cantilevered railroad bridge and a highway suspension bridge.
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