To continue with a menial, tedious, or time-consuming task.
polish a turd
To work on a time-consuming and ultimately pointless or impossible tas…
thread the needle
To perform a tedious task with extreme precision; to manage to find ha…
walk and chew gum at the same time
To do two normally trivial tasks at the same time; to exhibit basic co…
red tape
Time-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures.
beat the clock
To perform a task or successfully complete an activity within a time l…
make a meal of
To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make s…