milk a duck
milking a duck
An impossible task. Used in comparisons to tasks or activities that are or seem to be impossible. Trying to get a straight answer out of this candidate is proving harder than milking a duck.
See also: duck, milk
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
milk a duck
tv. to do [or not do] something totally impossible. She can’t do that. That’s harder than milking a duck.
See also: duck, milk
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- milking a duck
- be near to impossible
- have no chance in hell
- achieve the impossible
- Catch-22
- 22
- a Catch 22
- a catch-22 situation
- a cold day in Hell
- ain't it the truth