augean stables

listen to the pronunciation of augean stables
Английский Язык - Турецкий язык

Определение augean stables в Английский Язык Турецкий язык словарь

cleanse the Augean stables
pisliği temizlemek
Английский Язык - Английский Язык
(Greek Mythology) stables of King Augeas in which he kept 3000 oxen and which were not cleaned for 30 years (Hercules cleaned the stables by diverting a river through them)
according to ancient Greek stories, the very dirty buildings where a king named Augeas kept thousands of cattle. Hercules was ordered to clean them, and he did this by changing the direction of a river to make the water flow through the stables. The expression 'to clean the Augean stables' is sometimes used in literature to describe a very difficult unpleasant job
(Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them
cleanse the Augean stables
clean up a large amount of filth or moral corruption, accomplish any large arduous task (as did Hercules when he cleaned the Augean stables)
augean stables
Избранное