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hummingbird antarctica
/ˈhʌmɪŋbɜːrd ænˈtɑːrktɪkə/
Definition
1
A poetic or absurdist juxtaposition representing the impossibility of a tropical bird surviving in a polar environment; often used as a metaphor for a wildly out-of-place person, idea, or situation.
2
A hypothetical scenario involving extreme environmental incompatibility, frequently cited in literature or discussions regarding biodiversity constraints.
Examples
Trying to suggest that logic in this meeting made about as much sense as a hummingbird in Antarctica.
If your latest business model is a hummingbird in Antarctica, perhaps we should pivot before the ice cracks.
He arrived at the board meeting with a plan that was essentially a tropical hummingbird lost in the Antarctic tundra.