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milking a dead rat

to be involved in an extremely frustrating and tedious activity with unclear or disappointing results. (origin of the phrase is attributed to an archaic Russian jargon).
1) - Why did John drop out of the grad school after 8 years?
- His advisor was nuts. John was milking a dead rat all this time.

2) Dude, trying to sleep with her before marriage is like milking a dead rat.
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The most baddass zombie aftermath show exclusively on tv.
Dude 1 :omg, have you seen the walking dead!?
Dude 2: Heck yeah!
Dude 3: Hey! talking about the walking dead? I'm in!

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Art Deadeau

Pronounced: Art Dead-o

Being too lazy to throw away a dead plant so you call it art. A take off of the word art nouveau.
Person A: I'm going to throw away that dead plant.

Person B: Wait. No. I like it. It is art.

Person A: It's art deadeau.
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