"Let's not boil the ocean" — What It Really Means

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"Let's not boil the ocean"

What they really mean

Please stop making this bigger and harder than it already is

"We don't need to boil the ocean here. Let's solve the highest-leverage part of the problem first."

"Your plan is sprawling, exhausting, and giving everyone a tension headache."

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I'm hoping you forget about this entirely

I don't want to do this and I'm not going to

Nobody agrees on anything and we've been arguing for months

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