Like kicking dead whales down the beach

"Like kicking dead whales down the beach" is a phrase used to describe a slow, difficult, and disgusting process. It was first popularized by a famous quote about the difficulty of getting work done under one of IBM's mainframe operating systems.

Examples

• "Well, you could write a C compiler in COBOL, but it would be like kicking dead whales down the beach."
• "Man, science class is like kicking dead whales down the beach..."

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See also

• Like nailing jelly to a tree
• Fear and loathing