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nail jelly to a wall

nail jelly to a wall is the alternative form of nail Jell-O to a tree.

Meaning of nail Jell-O to a tree

Verb

nail Jell-O to a tree (third-person singular simple present nails Jell-O to a tree, present participle nailing Jell-O to a tree, simple past and past participle nailed Jell-O to a tree)

  1. (US, rare, slang) To do something that is impossible or very difficult, with connotations of pointlessness.
    • They are asking us to nail Jell-O to a tree if they insist on having everything done in three days.

Forms of nail jelly to a wall

third-person singular presentnails jelly to a wall
present participlenailing jelly to a wall
past participlenailed jelly to a wall
pastnailed jelly to a wall

Questions about nail jelly to a wall

What is nail jelly to a wall the alternative form of?
Nail jelly to a wall is the alternative form of nail Jell-O to a tree.

Words near nail jelly to a wall in the dictionary

  1. nail houses
  2. nail in one's coffin
  3. nail it
  4. nail Jell-O to a tree
  5. nail Jell-O to a wall
  6. nail jelly to a wall
  7. nail keg
  8. nail kegs
  9. nail knot
  10. nail knots
  11. nail lacquer

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