polish a turd (English, verb)
expansion: polish a turd (third-person singular simple present polishes a turd, present participle polishing a turd, simple past and past participle polished a turd)
Senses:
glosses: To work on a time-consuming and ultimately pointless or impossible task; to try to perfect what is inherently bad.
tags: idiomatic
vulgar
Forms:
form: polishes a turd
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: polishing a turd
tags: participle
present
form: polished a turd
tags: participle
past
form: polished a turd
tags: past