Sometimes the can just needs to be kicked indefinitely. Every time you perform some kind of maintenance on something that degrades over time, like a house or a

Sometimes the can just needs to be kicked indefinitely. Every time you perform some kind of maintenance on something that degrades over time, like a house or a car, you're can kicking, because unless the thing being maintained ceases to exist, you or your successors will eventually face the same issue again and again. Frankly it's a pretty lousy metaphor.