To draw water in a sieve
Черпать воду решетом.
Решетом воду носить.
Другие пословицы:
- One fire drives out another
- The mill cannot grind with the water that is past
- Follow the river and you'll get to the sea
- There is no smoke without fire
- Salt water and absence wash away love
- Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
- Blood is thicker than water
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- Little chips light great fires
- A burnt child dreads the fire
- Fools grow without watering
- To build a fire under oneself
- Beware of a silent dog and still water
- To fish in troubled waters
- To pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody