It means trying to handle too much.
It's figurative language used to indicate that a small job is being handled as if it were a much bigger job. Like if someone were teasing another person by writing 41 questions about a certain short story by James Thurber knowing that that other person would have to answer them, that other person might say to her, "What are you lifting the oxcart out of the ditch?" Let's face it, there are easier ways to tease someone than by writing 41 questions for him to answer.
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Violence, sublevel Forest of Suicides.
From lifting rocks in prison, he gained strength.
Hanging around the Capulet's house, talking to Juliet and talking to Friar Lawrence.
The phrase "Are you lifting the oxcart out of the ditch?" typically means asking someone if they are taking action to resolve a difficult situation or problem. It suggests a need for effort and teamwork to overcome obstacles, much like physically lifting a stuck cart requires collaboration and strength. This expression can be used metaphorically to encourage proactive involvement in addressing challenges.
It's figurative language used to indicate that a small job is being handled as if it were a much bigger job. Like if someone were teasing another person by writing 41 questions about a certain short story by James Thurber knowing that that other person would have to answer them, that other person might say to her, "What are you lifting the oxcart out of the ditch?" Let's face it, there are easier ways to tease someone than by writing 41 questions for him to answer.
The plural of oxcart is oxcarts.
In German, the word "ditch" can be translated as "Graben" or "Sloot".
When the cow fell into the gully, it took a team of firemen and heavy lifting gear to rescue it.
By Ditch I assume you mean discard or Jettison. obviously lead ballast which can get in the way!
The slowest method of transportation in ancient Rome would have been the oxcart. A person could walk faster than some of them and take shortcuts that an oxcart could not.
If you mean a pit ,as in a hole, then ditch and trench are synonyms to it.
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From Norse as a measure of land or from Gaelic ditch.
Ffos is a trench, a ditch, or a culvert. Glas can mean blue, green, or fresh.Ffoslas was the name of a farm which stood on the site before it became an opencast coalmine. The best translation is probably New Ditch.