eat an elephant one bite at a time
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To accomplish a large goal by doing smaller, cumulative tasks. When my kids are overwhelmed about projects for school, I always remind them that you can only eat an elephant one bite at a time. The computer company says that their next hardware revision will be a huge undertaking, but they're in no rush to get it to market. They know by now that you have to eat an elephant one bite at a time.
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- How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
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- run around like a blue-arsed fly
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- run around like a chicken with its head cut off
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- run about like a chicken with its head cut off
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- group