yodeling in a canyon

Said of someone's earnest but futile attempts to be heard, understood, or taken seriously. I brought these issues up to management months ago, but I might as well have been yodeling in a canyon. Living in this remote part of the country, it often felt like we are yodeling in a canyon when it comes to getting access to certain public amenities and services.

yodeling in a canyon

in. talking aimlessly. You are just yodeling in a canyon if you think I really care about it.

词组	yodeling in a canyon
释义	yodeling in a canyon yodeling in a canyon Said of someone's earnest but futile attempts to be heard, understood, or taken seriously. I brought these issues up to management months ago, but I might as well have been yodeling in a canyon. Living in this remote part of the country, it often felt like we are yodeling in a canyon when it comes to getting access to certain public amenities and services. See also: canyon Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. yodeling in a canyon in. talking aimlessly. You are just yodeling in a canyon if you think I really care about it. See also: canyon McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: give (one) up as a bad job give somebody/something up as a bad job it's ill striving against the stream be no good be no use like nailing Jell-O to the wall like trying to nail Jell-O to the wall caucus race cast stones against the wind a losing game
随便看	not open (one's) mouth not open one's mouth not out of the wood not out of the woods on the block on the boil on the books on the borderline on the bottle on the bottom rung (of the ladder) on the bounce on the brain on the breadline on the bright side on the brink on the brink of (something) on the briny on the broo on the bubble on the bum on the buroo on the button on the cards on the carpet on the carpet, to be/call/put