To draw water in a sieve
Черпать воду решетом.
Решетом воду носить.
Другие пословицы:
- We never know the value of water till the well is dry
- As welcome as water in one's shoes
- Salt water and absence wash away love
- A burnt child dreads the fire
- Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
- Blood is thicker than water
- To fish in troubled waters
- To build a fire under oneself
- Soft fire makes sweet malt
- There is no fire without smoke
- To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- Follow the river and you'll get to the sea
- Too much water drowned the miller
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink