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by munificent 3301 days ago
> having drank a cup and pissed an Ocean

I've never heard this figure of speech and Google isn't turning anything up. What does it mean?

2 comments

From the context, I think it means that the 51 volumes (the ocean) contains very little content (the cup). I also don't think the grandparent comment reflects the intent of the original post -- prolificness is the number of attempted works, not the length of any single work.
Churchill didn't write 51 volumes as one work; he was very prolific in the sense of many attempted works. Gibbon's six volumes were in a single work, and he wrote a few other shorter works. By the standard of number of attempted works, Churchill and Gibbon are good examples.
I've never seen this either but judging purely from the wording it sounds like someone has produced an excessive amount of output from very little input, aka bullshitting
Judging from context, it's the act of relentlessly and consummately bullshitting.