milk the bull

old-fashioned To engage in an activity or enterprise that has no chance of succeeding; to do something pointless or futile. (A bull is a male cow and cannot be milked.) Everyone told us we were milking the bull when we set up our online store during the infancy of the Internet, but now we're one of the most successful companies in the world. I don't know why you bother arguing with him. You're just milking the bull if you think you're going to change his mind.

milk the bull (or ram)

engage in an enterprise doomed to failure.

词组	milk the bull
释义	milk the bull milk the bull old-fashioned To engage in an activity or enterprise that has no chance of succeeding; to do something pointless or futile. (A bull is a male cow and cannot be milked.) Everyone told us we were milking the bull when we set up our online store during the infancy of the Internet, but now we're one of the most successful companies in the world. I don't know why you bother arguing with him. You're just milking the bull if you think you're going to change his mind. See also: bull, milk Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. milk the bull (or ram) engage in an enterprise doomed to failure. See also: bull, milk Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: milk the ram bring sand to the beach piss up a rope spit in(to) the wind piss in the wind piss in(to) the wind be pissing in(to) the wind be spitting in the wind be spitting in(to) the wind spitting in the wind
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