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lost labor | |||
moonshot attempt; lecturer in empty class | |||
lost labour | |||
boondoggling | |||
fruitless labour ("Do not worry about my future, for that is provided for; and, above all, do not search for me, for it will be fruitless labour and an ill-service to me." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ART Vancouver) | |||
wink to a blind horse (О попытке подсказать, намекнуть человеку, который не хочет слышать shergilov) | |||
as well talk to the wind (george serebryakov) |
напрасный труд: 6 phrases in 4 subjects |
Economy | 1 |
General | 2 |
Idiomatic | 2 |
Makarov | 1 |