pound sand into a rathole en · VERB
Meanings
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Synonym of pound sand.
...but I wouldn't want it taught from the textbook, because then the ordinary teacher would pound it into the pupils just as you would pound sand into a rathole, ...
1910, Iowa. Dept. of Agriculture, Iowa Book of Agriculture, page 111:Month or so ago a turrible sound started coming out of his room. Drove me nuts. Would remind you of someone pounding sand into a rathole.
2001, Sister Carol Anne O'Marie, Advent of Dying:“If I had something better to do,” Butch said, “I'd tell you to go pound this sand into a rathole."
2013, Thomas Pluck, Blade of Dishonor:Before we can even interest a bank in us we must prove where we stand and must show that we haven't been engaged in pounding sand into a rathole.
1925, The Soda Fountain - Volume 24, page 40:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pounds sand into a rathole | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| pounding sand into a rathole | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pounded sand into a rathole | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pounded sand into a rathole | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
enough sense to pound sand into a rathole