What does it mean "philosophical mountain" and "spin my wheels"?
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It would help if you could provide some context for the phrases.
"A mountain to climb" is a euphemism for a very difficult obstacle to overcome.
"Spin your wheels" is a euphemism for trying to do something and getting nowhere, derived from being in a car and failing to escape from a muddy surface, causing the car to 'spin its wheels' without gaining traction.
Thanks for your explanation, it helped me a lot!
I found the expression "spin one´s wheels" in the sentence:
"We do not spin our wheels with impression management".
The other expression was a margaret Thatcher's quote:
"Why do you climb philosophical mountains? Because they are worth climbing".
Last edited by Marisa; 19-Dec-2006 at 12:52.