Legendary task of painting the Forth Bridge to end

Maintenance work on the Forth Bridge (Photo: Network Rail).

UK: Painting the Forth Bridge has become a British proverb, a task so big that it can never be finished; by the time you have reached one end, it is time to start re-painting the other again.

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