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Meaning of like kicking dead whales down the beach | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Very slow and difficult.

slang, usually

Examples

“I have a full backup, but restoring 213 MB of data from one oppy to another with a single drive, even using dd and big packets, is going to be like kicking dead whales down the beach. Is there an easier way?”

““How’s it going?” I asked. ¶ “Swimmingly, man. Like kicking dead whales down the beach.””

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

like lightning like mad like magic like merry hell like molasses like mushrooms