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Take it off the boil 

To use when telling someone to calm down
John- I am so angry I think I'm going to explode!

Steve- Take it off the boil mate, it'll be alright

off the boil 

It generally means that a person or something has gone mad or it has possibly gone bad.
By screaming in the middle of the shop, the guy had gone off the boil
off the boil by Vix Morgan January 12, 2006

go off the boil

To lose one’s intensity or interest on something.
Don’t go off the boil because of this one deviation Michael. Stay focused!
go off the boil by Sicilian Cowboy November 7, 2023

boil the dog 

To press your crotch tightly to a friends butt while they are farting in an attempt to warm your genitals.
My friend was cold in bed with me so I decided to boil the dog.
boil the dog by Gamerbro207 December 23, 2014

boil the ocean 

To waste one's time attempting to do the impossible.

Scope is too big to do in one project. Break it up into more than one. Don’t try to solve every problem at once. Identify a couple, address them, and move on.
You're wasting my time. You might as well be boiling the ocean.

Perhaps your scheme to connect all the computers together in the Internet in order to communicate with alien intelligence is a bit ambitious. Try something less difficult like boiling the ocean.’

In Obama's first year as President, he was trying to boil the ocean.
boil the ocean by doubleyoujiii January 23, 2010

boil the blood 

The act of doing a large amount of one or more drugs and or alcohol in order to stay healthy.
I feel like I'm coming down with the flu,time to boil the blood.
boil the blood by ken m January 9, 2008