Bazooka after a fly, we’re not going to send a: 1. We won’t devote disproportionately large resources to this. 2. It’s a piss-pot little project so we’ll let it wither on the vine; outrageous budget request, as in “Brian, the board has decided that the £1 million sign-off for the jasmine and sesame seed line extension will sadly not be forthcoming.” (see Drop a ricket; Feet, to dive in with both; Nut, sledgehammer to crack a; Platform, eat one’s own)
Beavers, defending it like:
Beavers, defending it like: 1. Tenaciously backing a cause. 2. Completely inaccurate analogy attempting to specify anthropomorphic qualities which the beaver does not in fact possess; starting a sentence without knowing how to finish it and randomly grabbing at a member of the animal kingdom to finish the job. (see Seals, left them clapping like; Wildebeest in a row, has the lion got his)
Fish up a tree, he looks like a:
Fish up a tree, he looks like a: 1. Not comfortable; out of context. 2. Horribly exposed; hugely miscast; patently in the wrong job; out on a limb; in for a fall, probably today; drowning or possibly asphyxiating. (see Casting)
Fog, grasping at:
Fog, grasping at: 1. Trying to understand something that defies understanding. 2. Desperately floundering around in a futile attempt to rescue a lost cause, or comprehend a concept that exceeds one’s brain capacity. (see Jelly, nailing a ______ to the wall)
Banana, stabbing a seal with a:
Banana, stabbing a seal with a: 1. Using a tropical crescent-shaped fruit to terminate the life of an aquatic mammal of the phocidae or otaridae families. 2. Hopelessly equipped for the job; using entirely the wrong tool to get something done; repeatedly using the same technique again and again hoping in vain for a different result; too dim to change tactics. (see Bark into the wind, up the wrong tree; Grasping at fog; Nailing a jelly to the wall, trying to)