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Pelion
[ pee-lee-uhn; Greek pee-lee-awn ]
noun
- Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5,252 feet (1,600 meters).
Pelion
/ ˈpiːlɪən /
noun
- a mountain in NE Greece, in E Thessaly. In Greek mythology it was the home of the centaurs. Height: 1548 m (5079 ft) Modern Greek namePílion
Idioms and Phrases
- pile / heap Pelion on Ossa,
- to make matters worse; aggravate or compound a situation.
- to engage in vain or futile efforts.
Example Sentences
Adding insufferable snobbishness to his present personality was piling Pelion on Ossa.
And so on, and so on: Ossa on Pelion of rapture and young delight and wonder, when suddenly a heavy hand was laid on his shoulder.
For here poetic Pelion is piled upon poetic Ossa with the most drastic vengeance.
Religious services were piled up like Pelion on Ossa, and every movement of the day was marked by gloom and austerity.
That dear soul has difficulties of locomotion, being buried under the Pelion on Ossa of a mountain of fat.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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