# das Mäusemelken

das Mäusemelken is a German noun meaning “something tedious and futile that one might try because the situation is so hopeless; generally used only in zum Mäusemelken”. Forms: des Mäusemelkens.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Mäusemelkens

## Meanings

1. _colloquial · humorous · no plural_ something tedious and futile that one might try because the situation is so hopeless; generally used only in zum Mäusemelken
   - Es ist zum Mäusemelken! Jetzt ist die Krankheitsvertretung der Krankheitsvertretung auch wieder krank geworden! — It could drive you up the wall! Now the sick-leave substitute for the sick-leave substitute has fallen sick as well!

## Examples

- Es ist zum Mäusemelken. — It's enough to drive you mad.

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