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| it's a wasted effort (Anglophile); it's a waste of time (energy, etc. VLZ_58) | |||
| the horse gets lots of food and is still no good (VLZ_58); caviar to the general (Yeldar Azanbayev); hollow leg (Anyone that can eat and eat and does not seem to gain any weight. Look at Ralph pack the food away. I think he has a hollow leg. Фразеологизм может использоваться и во множественном числе. VLZ_58); it's like throwing good money after bad (VLZ_58); that's money down the drain (VLZ_58) | |||
| pearls before swine; wasted effort | |||