boil the ocean
/bɔɪl ðə ˈoʊʃən/
to attempt an impossibly large or unfocused task
boil the ocean in a sentence
“We can't boil the ocean — let's scope this down to three core features.”
Origin of boil the ocean
Popularized by Will Rogers; used in business to caution against overambitious scope
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