roast snow in a furnace

To attempt a futile, often ridiculous, task. You're so tiny that there's no way you can carry that armchair upstairs all by yourself—you might as well roast snow in a furnace!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
WiesŁAwa	vye-SWAH-vah	Polish
Svetlana	svyet-LAH-nah (Russian), sveet-LAH-nah (Russian)	Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian
JÓHanna	-	Icelandic
Firoz	-	Persian
Sigrun	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Mansoor	-	Arabic