herculean task
Nearly impossible challenge
A herculean task is one requiring enormous strength, effort, or endurance—the kind of undertaking that seems almost superhuman.
The phrase alludes to the labors of Hercules, the mythological hero who performed twelve seemingly impossible feats.
Cleaning up after the hurricane was a herculean task.
She faced the herculean task of reorganizing the entire department.
- laborsStrenuous physical efforts
- dauntingDiscouraging through difficulty
- strengthPower to exert force
- insurmountableImpossible to overcome
- steep climbSharply angled upward path
Olympian · Hydra · endurance · grit · Cerberus · Sisyphean · moving mountains · fortitude · uphill battle · tall order · heavy lifting · tenacity · arduous · demigod · formidable · perseverance · overcoming · labor of love
herculean taskpiece of cake
Idiomatic easy task
child's play · walk in the park · cakewalk · no-brainer · breeze
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