the term "tap that like a maple tree" means that you want to "tap that" (slap that, touch that, get that...etc) as you would tap a maple tree for syrup (goodness). used to express desire towards a person, place, thing, goat...etc.
a scummy, old, wrinckly, sticky, stanky, black dick (soft or hard) with genital warts(splinters)
eww look at that dudes rotten maple tree , it is leaveing splinters in and all around that girl.
Father- Wheres Jill hun?
Wife-She said that she was going to tyreks house so she can help him cut down his rotten maple tree in his back yard.
Father-oh ok hunny, i hope she doesnt get hurt or get a splinter or something
Wife-she be fine babe, i gave her rubber goes before she left
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 lazyhigh-schooler was licking a tree and hoping for maple syrup.
Idiom; to attempt an ill-advised, mildly unpleasant shortcut to avoid a more complicated process, with a high probability of failure. The idiom itself is an example of such an experience, since licking trees is unpleasant, and even maple trees rarely taste sweet just by licking the bark. The idiom also implies that tried and true methods, rather than blind experimentation, yield better results. Drilling into the trunk of a maple tree with a tap, is the correct way to obtain maple syrup.
"Kicking the car to try and make it start again won't work. That's just licking a tree and hoping for maple syrup, honestly. Let's call a tow truck instead."
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).