whem a male licks a female it is usually on the pussy A.K.A. eating her pussy out when a female licks a male it is on his dick and licking is pleasurable for both sexes
an attempt at resolving/achieving something with less effort than is required for success with a high probability of the attempt proving futile and unpleasant
By attempting to throw the game disc into the console from the couch rather than standing up and putting it in, the lazy high-schooler was licking a tree and hoping for maple syrup.