nail jelly to a wall

A form of nail Jell-O to a tree — To do something that is impossible or very difficult, with connotations of pointlessness.

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Meanings

verbnail jelly to a wall (third-person singular simple present nails jelly to a wall, present participle nailing jelly to a wall, simple past and past participle nailed jelly to a wall)

present singular third person nails jelly to a wall · participle present nailing jelly to a wall · participle past nailed jelly to a wall · past nailed jelly to a wall

  1. alternativeAlternative form of nail Jell-O to a tree.
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