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vb. (present participle of herd cats English)
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Herding cats may refer to:
- An idiom denoting a futile attempt to control or organize a class of entities which are uncontrollable or chaotic
- Cat Herders, a commercial from Electronic Data Systems, also known as Herding Cats (commercial)
- Herding Cats: A Life in Politics, a 2005 book written by Senator Trent Lott
- Herding Cats (album) (1999), the second album by the band Gaelic Storm
- Herding Cats, a play by Lucinda Coxon
- Herding Cats, a book by Graeme Davies, metallurgist and university administrator
Herding Cats is the second studio album by Gaelic Storm, released in 1999. The band was still riding on their fame from the movie Titanic with this release.
"Drink the Night Away" is a pub sing-along where raising a glass is implored. "Heart of the Ocean" and "She Was the Prize" are original compositions sung by the guitarist. "Heart of the Ocean" is a longing, slow song while "She Was the Prize" is more catchy, while still being slow, but is reminiscent of traditional Irish love songs. "The Ferryman" is the first song by the band to feature a didgeridoo played by the bodhrán player. "After Hours at McGann's", "Breakfast at Lady A's", "The Park East Polkas", "The Devil Went Down to Doolin", "The Broken Promise" and "Titanic Set" are all fast-paced, foot-tapping instrumentals that were inspired by a great deal of drinking according to liner notes. "South Australia" is a return to the typical sailing songs of Irish fame. "Spanish Lady" is a recognizable standard. "The Barnyards of Delgaty" is a Scottish Bothy ballad.
Usage examples of "herding cats".
Getting the different opposition groups, with all of their rivalries and old hatreds, to work together was like herding cats.
I'm not gonna try herding cats all over the desert in addition to all the problems we've got already.
Trout chivvied kids up to the top levels of the bleachers, looking like he was herding cats for a second as Gena bounded off the end of the middle level and into a corner behind a different set of bleachers.
Sometimes somebody or another uses the UN as a front when they need to do something credible-looking, but trying to get a consensus vote out of the Security Council is like herding cats.
Then he said, “Organizing gods is like herding cats into straight lines.
This was just about like herding cats, since normals that were not immediately bonded after the death of their leader caste tended to get chaotic and grouchy.