Shoe a Goose (To).

To engage in a silly and fruitless task.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Shipton
Shire and County
Shire Horses
Shirt
Shittim Wood
Shivering Mountain
Shoddy
Shoe
Shoe-loosed
Shoe Pinches
Shoe a Goose (To)
Shoe the Anchor (To)
Shoe the Cobbler (To)
Shoe the Horse (To)
Shoe the Wild Colt (To)
Shoes
Shoemakers
Shoot the Moon (To)
Shoot the Sun (To)
Shooting-iron (A)
Shooting Stars