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воду в ступе толочь – вода будет stresses
proverb	whether you boil snow or pound it, you can have but water of it (useless and senseless work always results in nothing); it's no use fishing in the air; it's no use ploughing the air; it's no use beating the air; it's no use thrashing over old straw; it's no use whistling jigs to a milestone; beating the air is just beating the air

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