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толочь воду в ступе
stresses
gen.
thresh over old straw
;
plow the sands
;
thresh straw
;
mill the wind
(
Anglophile
)
;
mill the air
(
Anglophile
)
;
carry water in a sieve
(
Anglophile
)
;
tread water
(
Anglophile
)
;
beat a dead horse
(
Дмитрий_Р
)
;
waste
one’s
time
;
beat the air
Игорь Миг
kick the can down the road
disappr.
speak for buncombe
(
igisheva
)
;
speak to buncombe
(
igisheva
)
;
talk for buncombe
(
igisheva
)
;
talk to buncombe
(
igisheva
)
idiom.
kick a dead horse
(
Баян
)
;
flog a dead horse
(
Баян
)
;
beat the air
(дословно: Молотить воздух)
;
bastle flints with butter
;
chase moonbeams
(Am.E.
cnlweb
)
inf.
talk
Makarov.
thrash old straw
;
thrash over straw
;
baste flints with butter
;
beat the wind
;
fish in the air
;
plough the air
;
plough the sands
;
thrash over old straw
;
thrash straw
nonstand.
ride around
(
A111981
)
proverb
drop a bucket into an empty well
(дословно: Кидать ведро в пустой колодец)
;
plough the sand
(дословно: Пахать песок)
;
pour water into a sieve
(дословно: Лить воду в решето)
;
a cold coal to blow at
;
make bricks without straw
;
seek a hare in a hen's nest
;
whistle jigs to milestone
saying.
seek a lost elephant in an earthen pot
(
george serebryakov
)
;
seek a hare in a hen's nest
(
george serebryakov
)
slang
beat about the bush
(
Mirinare
)
;
re-hash
;
rehash
толочь воду в ступе
букв.: пахать песок
Makarov., proverb
plough the sand
толочь воду в ступе:
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