boil the ocean

基本解释

Fewer questions, smaller teams, and a focus on one or two actions lead to better results than broad, boil-the-ocean agendas.
较少的问题，较小的团队，以及对一个或两个行为的关注可以形成比完全地想方设法把事情搞定的议程更好地结果。
It's also common for graduate students and their advisors to try to boil the ocean in their thesis and dissertation proposals.
研究生和他们的导师在其论文及论文开题报告中力求好高骛远的现象是很普遍的。
Although this one-form Web application for capturing triathlon events didn't boil the ocean, so to speak, I did just deploy to an amorphous, omnipresent environment.
但是，这个用于捕捉 triathlon 事件的只包含一个表单的 Web 应用程序并没有试图实现全部的功能，所以说，我仅仅是将应用程序部署到一个不规则的、普遍存在的环境中。

It also meant trying to make a sharp and direct impact on important levers with a refined focus as opposed to trying to boil the ocean and solve everything at once.
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