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What is pounding sand?
Definition: Go away; do something pointless; screw off. The idiom go pound sand is an expression of contempt that often means, “Go away.” It also refers to a pointless activity. The idiom originated in American English.
What is a pointless task?
Illegitimate tasks are tasks that are perceived as going against of what is normally expected of an employee in their work. Pointless tasks are ineffective tasks or practices that stem, for example, from the whims of managers or the organization.
How do you say useless in idioms?
- Good for nothing.
- It’s had its day.
- Not fit for purpose.
- Not worth a plugged nickel.
- Not worth a tinker’s dam ( the meaning and origin of this phrase… )
- Not worth the candle.
- Not worth the paper it’s printed on.
- Piss poor.
What does the phrase pound salt mean?
Get lost
Meaning: This means ‘Get lost’ or ‘Go away’
Where did the expression pound salt come from?
The phrase “go pound salt” orginated in the early days of commercial salt mine operations in the US. There were a number of specific jobs performed by people who worked in the mine. The lowest paying and most menial job was pounding large rocks into smaller crystals that could be used for cooking and curing of meats.
What’s a better word for pointless?
In this page you can discover 51 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pointless, like: trivial, uninteresting, useless, unnecessary, otiose, incompetent, tiresome, mindless, ridiculous, senseless and pointed.
What is a different word for pointless?
What is another word for pointless?
| meaningless | senseless |
|---|---|
| useless | aimless |
| inane | unavailing |
| unproductive | worthless |
| absurd | hopeless |
What is the origin of the phrase there is more than one way to skin a cat?
There’s more than one way to skin a cat means there are many ways to do something, there are many ways to achieve a goal. The oldest known use of the phrase dates back to 1854, in the work ‘Way down East; or, Portraitures of Yankee Life by Seba Smith.
What is a synonym for pointless?
senseless, futile, hopeless, fruitless, useless, needless, wasted, in vain, unavailing, aimless, idle, to no purpose, purposeless, worthless, valueless, unproductive, unprofitable. absurd, insane, nonsensical, stupid, silly, irrelevant, footling, fatuous, foolish, hollow, inane, ridiculous.
What does the saying chocolate teapot mean?
Totally useless
1- As useful as a chocolate teapot Meaning: Totally useless! When someone or something has no use it is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.