The phrase
"impossible job" refers to a task or occupation that is extremely difficult or nearly impossible to complete successfully.
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In our culture, we find parents struggling with the seemingly
impossible job of raising a healthy kid who doesn't fall prey to the dangers of the world.
I've always thought first ladies have a nearly
impossible job in part because they are in the spotlight but have no particular mandate.
Professional development has been thin, and our principals have faced the
almost impossible job of juggling tasks ranging from operations to fundraising to parent outreach to managing union grievances — all virtually on their own.
Contemporary culture has made this already
impossible job description all the more difficult by providing an overwhelming number of baby products, ever - changing safety guidelines, complex parenting philosophies, and endless opportunities to feel like we're doing it wrong and everyone knows it.
Wilson did the hard work and leaves Allen with a much
less impossible job than the one Wilson inherited.
THE AVENGERS will always be the best in the franchise because Joss made a seemingly
impossible job so incredible, but INFINITY WAR will no doubt be the most memorable.
In her years of coaching and teaching job seekers how to land jobs, Noelle has learned that even the seemingly
impossible job search, is possible with a little TLC.
Chelsea and Manchester United have both been strongly linked with the Welshman, who would have to reach super-human levels to ever justify his world - record # 85m price tag, with the club's previous record signing Cristiano Ronaldo giving him an
almost impossible job in that respect, having somehow managed to look a bargain at # 80m with his amazing record of 310 goals in 299 appearances.
The next - to -
impossible job of translating 2D anime and manga to 3D game models has been mishandled by more games than I can even remember, with only one or two games / series nailing it.
«Like many things with parenting, it's a near -
impossible job description, but most of us do our best with it (and beat ourselves up if we get it wrong).»
The political, financial, and labor situation in Sacramento makes the superintendency a
nearly impossible job.
I want to say where there is a will there is a chance, but they haven't conceded more than 3 goals since the start of the season, and to do it at their place will be a
near impossible job.
Contrary to popular belief, exceeding customer expectations is not
an impossible job to go.
It's
an impossible job to do well consistently.
Actually, there is no such thing as a perfect retirement calculator because they have
an impossible job.
All very we'll to criticise Flamini but he had
an impossible job... Shite management at not changing things when the others were not pressing quick enough.
That's
the impossible job that Atletico, and the others are up against in Spain.
This was one of many mistakes the late Graham Taylor made when landing the «
impossible job».
Then again that was the case against Milan, but Wenger made such a hash of the first leg, leaving
us an impossible job in the return fixture.
It's
an impossible job to take on in Cleveland, but McGlinchey is better equipped than Orlando Brown or Connor Williams.
Moyes fell short in
the impossible job: succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.
From a strictly sporting perspective, it is by no means
an impossible job of course, after all, this is the same game that had given us that incredible Champions league comeback against AC Milan some years ago.
«Obviously this has been an emotional day for everyone connected with the football club and I now have
the impossible job of trying to express the feelings of those of us who love the club and love football.
When we lost these players in a period of 17 matches in seven weeks, it was
the impossible job.
Flamini was left with
an impossible job.
We know the end of this story, Ladies and Gentleman, Tottenham Hotspur is
the impossible job.
«Obviously this has been an emotional day for everyone and I have now
an impossible job,» Gazidis said but that impossible job referred not to replacing Wenger — «we are not going to find a replacement», he said — but to paying the appropriate tribute to him.
Now I have
the impossible job of communicating that feeling.
«When we lost players in a period of 17 matches in seven weeks, it was
the impossible job.
It makes what was looking
an impossible job anyway even more difficult as the Hammers bid for something slightly in advance of a miracle at the Etihad.
But, it is
an impossible job to do.
Being a mom is hard, and when you add in a bunch of other factors, it can seem like
an impossible job.
What would you find hardest about being prime minister?The most important thing about in government is it's
an impossible job to do from No 10.
It is
an impossible job to plan for an economy facing a multitude of imminent economic scenarios, ranging from mild stagnation to catastrophic market shock.
Whatever his suitability for the job, Corbyn is where he is for one reason above all others: the fact that Britain's post-1979 journey into a new reality of a shrunken welfare state, marketised public services, rising inequality and
an impossible job market had reached a watershed with the deepening of austerity, and there was a need for a clear moral response, without which Labour was in danger of shrinking into meaninglessness.
Reader Eric thought it would be
an impossible job for most people: «I think it is silly to entertain the notion that we can «train» charisma into someone, as if this indefinable quality could be checked off on your career to - do list,» he commented.
This, to me, seemed like
an impossible job.
Director Ron Howard pilots this account of the young Corellian smuggler Han Solo, played by Ehrenreich, as he's recruited by a crime boss (Woody Harrelson) for
an impossible job.
Sometimes teaching feels like
an impossible job.
«This report is a damning indictment on a broken system, not the hard - working teachers tasked with
the impossible job of trying to make predictions.
Sally Hunt, UCU general secretary, stressed that the report is not a criticism of hard working teachers tasked with the «
impossible job» of grade predicting, but a criticism of a «broken system».
Today, Peterson mentions the episode proudly, saying the Flanner Center's failure did not prove that running a school for dropouts was «
an impossible job.»