Rate this phrase:0.0 / 0 votes

given a basket to carry water

Assigned an impossible or ridiculous task.

Etymology:

  • Jamaican proverb
290 Views
“

Doing a 10 day job in an hour is like carrying water in a basket

Collection   Edit    

Submitted by Earlgreen on June 29, 2021

Translation

Find a translation for the given a basket to carry water phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to given a basket to carry water

don't put all your eggs in one basketcouldn't pour water out of a bootget the dirty water off one's chesthold one's waterhold one's waterdead in the waterfish out of waterKeep Your Head above Watergiven enough eyeballs, all bugs are sha…hell or high waterdeep waterhell in a hand basketfrom those to whom much is given, much …hot water

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this given a basket to carry water phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this given a basket to carry water definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "given a basket to carry water." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2025. Web. 17 Jan. 2025. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/given-a-basket-to-carry-water_62768>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    Seize the __________.
    A time
    B second
    C instant
    D moment

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ