heaping Pelion upon Ossa

Adding difficulty to difficulty; fruitless efforts. The reference is to the attempt by the giants in Greek mythology to climb to heaven by piling Mount Ossa upon Mount Pelion.

See also: heap, ossa, Pelion, upon

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hill to die on
save someone's skin
silver bullet
come up against
come up against (something)
as if that were not enough
save (one's) own skin
save skin
the root of the problem
root of the problem

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Not before, heaping Pelion upon Ossa, the poor girl continued to demand awkward one-to-ones, whereby she desperately tried to convince him "I hope I'm coming across in the right way, and that you're getting to know the real me."

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