To pour water into a sieve
Лить воду в решето.
Горох об стену сыпать. Толочь воду в ступе. Воду решетом носить.
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- Beware of a silent dog and still water
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- Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
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- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- Salt water and absence wash away love
- A burnt child dreads the fire
- Every miller draws water to his own mill
- To draw water in a sieve
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- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- As welcome as water in one's shoes
- Blood is thicker than water
- Follow the river and you'll get to the sea