- like painting the Forth Bridge
- used for saying that a job feels as if it will never be finished because when you get to the end you have to start again
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like painting the Forth Bridge
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like painting the Forth Bridge — phrase used for saying that a job feels as if it will never be finished because when you get to the end you have to start again Thesaurus: difficult to do and involving a lot of effortsynonym Main entry: Forth Bridge * * * like painting the Forth … Useful english dictionary
be like painting the Forth Bridge — British if repairing or improving something is like painting the Forth Bridge, it takes such a long time that by the time you have finished doing it, you have to start again. Home improvements are a bit like painting the Forth Bridge. By the time … New idioms dictionary
(the) Forth Bridge — the Forth Bridge UK [ˌfɔː(r)θ ˈbrɪdʒ] US [ˌfɔrθ ˈbrɪdʒ] noun Etymology From the name of a large bridge in Scotland. http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/forth bridge the.htm Phrase: like painti … Useful english dictionary
the Forth Bridge — UK [ˌfɔː(r)θ ˈbrɪdʒ] / US [ˌfɔrθ ˈbrɪdʒ] noun like painting the Forth Bridge Etymology: From the name of a large bridge in Scotland … English dictionary
Forth Bridge — the ˌForth ˈBridge 7 [Forth Bridge] noun From the name of a very large bridge over the river Forth in Scotland. Idiom: ↑like painting the Forth Bridge Culture: The Forth Rail Bridge was built near ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Forth Bridge — 1.) the Forth Bridge a famous metal railway bridge built in 1889 over the Firth of Forth. People sometimes say that a job is like painting the Forth Bridge when they mean that it seems to never end, because the metal bridge takes a long time to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Forth Bridge — 1. a railway bridge over the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh. It was built in 1890 and is considered one of the greatest engineering achievements of its period. Most British people know the story that it is always being painted, because when the… … Universalium
Forth Railway Bridge — Infobox Bridge bridge name= Forth Bridge official name= carries=Rail traffic crosses=Firth of Forth locale=Edinburgh, Inchgarvie and Fife, Scotland maint=Balfour Beatty under contract to Network Rail id= design=Cantilever bridge mainspan=2 of 521 … Wikipedia
The Carmelite Order — The Carmelite Order † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Carmelite Order One of the mendicant orders. Origin The date of the foundation of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been under discussion from the fourteenth century to … Catholic encyclopedia
bridge — bridge1 bridgeable, adj. bridgeless, adj. bridgelike, adj. /brij/, n., v., bridged, bridging, adj. n. 1. a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like. 2. a connecting, transitional, or intermediate route or… … Universalium
