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Moving Bags of Lettuce

A phrase used to describe something that:
A) should be incredibly simple, but is instead quite complicated
B) should be easy, but instead requires immense effort
C) seems like it should take only a short while to accomplish, but instead takes exponentially longer than expected

The phrase appears to have originated from a conversation between an engineer and his sister early in 2024. The story goes that in describing his day, he was explaining a conveyor belt that he was designing. Intending to use “like” as a filler word, he said, “It’s just, like, moving bags of lettuce! It shouldn’t be so hard!” His sister, thinking he was using some new expression she had never heard, asked him to explain what he meant by, “like moving bags of lettuce.” Thus the expression was born.
My work was terribly difficult today. I felt like I was moving bags of lettuce.

Changing that tire was like moving bags of lettuce. It took three hours longer than I thought it would have.
by The Guy from Up North September 22, 2024
mugGet the Moving Bags of Lettucemug.

it moves.

a phrase used by white boy referring to the movement of a females breast
J (white male): it moves.

M (female): no way really!!!
by cockguzzlingwhore444 November 15, 2023
mugGet the it moves.mug.

moving screen

Moving Screen: (plural moving screens) (basketball, informal) An offensive foul committed when a player executing a screen moves in order to block the defender and makes contact. Technically it is a block; in other words, there is no such terminology in most rulebooks using the phrase "moving screen."
Wow! Look at Cheap Jordan Bell perfectly execute a moving screen on James Harden to free up Steph Curry!

#2018WesternConfFinals
by Capt. El Nino June 11, 2018
mugGet the moving screenmug.

moving the vegetables

Drinking alcoholic beverages, specifically beer.
I went out with Brad last night and we were moving the vegetables!
by JacobWhite6 April 23, 2023
mugGet the moving the vegetablesmug.

Moving Mountains

To overcome adversity against at least some several odds and a farmer's dozen even-bare minimum.
Porsche McAponestone excelled obiedient to those laws relevant unflinchingly and with the utmost serious dedication and commitment as well as fudged the numbers a few time or more in magnificent struggle to attain excellence and perfect her golden dome of wisdom and Apple of chaste and wondrous fulfillment thus moving mountains.
by RebarbiceCream August 29, 2019
mugGet the Moving Mountainsmug.

Dumbo move

Girl: I can’t believe you got back with your ex. That’s a dumbo move
by Creator of dumbo May 10, 2020
mugGet the Dumbo movemug.

Move the f*ck on

When you should really just stop talking about it and let go of a fling that really wasn’t a thing
Her: “I miss him so much”, “I think he likes me but won’t say it”, “why isn’t he answering my texts”, “men are trash”, “Want to hear about this time with ...” etc.

Friend: Move the f*ck on
by PorcupineDingdong3000 February 12, 2021
mugGet the Move the f*ck onmug.

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