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like_herding_cats

herd cats

English

Verb

herd cats (third-person singular simple present herds cats, present participle herding cats, simple past and past participle herded cats)

  1. (idiomatic) To attempt to control the uncontrollable.
    Managing volunteers from fourteen different organizations is like herding cats.

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References

  1. Script for Life of Brian, 1979, retrieved 17 August 2016