like painting the Forth Bridge

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

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イギリス英語

(chiefly UK) Never-ending; said of a task which will never be completed due to the perpetual cycle of having to recommence as soon as one has reached the end, or of efforts that are in vain because of this.

日本語の意味

終わりがなく、決して完了しない作業や努力の様子を表す / 終点に達した途端にまた始まる、いわば果てしなく続く作業や試みを示す

英語の意味

(chiefly UK) Never-ending; said of a task which will never be completed due to the perpetual cycle of having to recommence as soon as one has reached the end, or of efforts that are in vain because of this.

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Updating the legacy codebase felt like painting the Forth Bridge, an endless job that kept bringing us back to the same sections.

レガシーなコードベースの更新は終わりのない仕事のようで、同じ箇所に何度も戻ってくるようだった。

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(chiefly UK) Never-ending; said of a task which will never be completed due to the perpetual cycle of having to recommence as soon as one has reached the end, or of efforts that are in vain because of this.

Where only an overview has been given, I hope that the book will provide a useful springboard and the appropriate legal advice is sought. The revision has been rather like painting the Forth Bridge and whilst every effort has been made to bring the law as up to date as possible, events often overtake one and a keen eye should be kept on the construction journals and newspapers.

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