heaping Pelion upon Ossa

Adding difficulty to difficulty; fruitless efforts. The reference is to the attempt by the giants in Greek mythology to climb to heaven by piling Mount Ossa upon Mount Pelion.

See also: heap, ossa, Pelion, upon

Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price

See also:

hill to die on
save someone's skin
silver bullet
come up against
come up against (something)
as if that were not enough
save (one's) own skin
save skin
the root of the problem
root of the problem

References in periodicals archive

Not before, heaping Pelion upon Ossa, the poor girl continued to demand awkward one-to-ones, whereby she desperately tried to convince him "I hope I'm coming across in the right way, and that you're getting to know the real me."

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词组	heaping Pelion upon Ossa
释义	heaping Pelion upon Ossa heaping Pelion upon Ossa Adding difficulty to difficulty; fruitless efforts. The reference is to the attempt by the giants in Greek mythology to climb to heaven by piling Mount Ossa upon Mount Pelion. See also: heap, ossa, Pelion, upon Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: hill to die on save someone's skin silver bullet come up against come up against (something) as if that were not enough save (one's) own skin save skin the root of the problem root of the problem References in periodicals archive Not before, heaping Pelion upon Ossa, the poor girl continued to demand awkward one-to-ones, whereby she desperately tried to convince him "I hope I'm coming across in the right way, and that you're getting to know the real me." claire claire Talking W M sense
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