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herd cats

idiom

To attempt to control the uncontrollable; to attempt to manage a great many unruly factors or people to a single end.


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Related idioms6entries
  1. 01

    dog my cats

    Used as a mild oath, or as an expression of astonishment

  2. 02

    dogs bark, cats meow

    Used to introduce something seen as inevitable or totally commonplace.

  3. 03

    rain cats and dogs

    To rain very heavily.

  4. 04

    rain dogs and cats

    Alternative form of rain cats and dogs.

  5. 05

    ride herd on

    To supervise.

  6. 06

    thin the herd

    to cull, to reduce the size of a group

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