Although the meaning of the proverb has changed over the years, the basic core of it can be used to describe a futile task: looking for something, in difficult circumstances, that is not there.
They were mobile and really handy: you could pick one up and do a task (search for something, buy something with an app, send a tweet or email) in a moment and then put it down and get on with something else.
After Yeezy tweeted that he'd changed the album's title from Swish to Waves for reasons we'll never know, Wiz Khalifa of all people decided to take West to task for... something?
Gunn even calls to task his own show, "Project Runway," for something that was widely praised among many outlets (including ours).
The idea of procrastination and regret can go away, because if you know why you're doing something, you don't take yourself to task for not doing something else.
A Labor Member rose at one session to take the Tories to task for not doing something to stop pedophiles from posing as social workers.
We've got an exclusive sneak peek, above, at the incredibly fun introduction to this daunting task, featuring kid-favorite characters from "Yo Gabba Gabba!" The task for chefs: Make something yummy (so yummy, so yummy) for kids tummies using ingredients that young palates normally hate.
