To pour water into a sieve
Лить воду в решето.
Горох об стену сыпать. Толочь воду в ступе. Воду решетом носить.
Другие пословицы:
- Soft fire makes sweet malt
- Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea
- To go through fire and water (through thick and thin)
- To draw water in a sieve
- Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us
- As welcome as water in one's shoes
- A great ship asks deep waters
- To fish in troubled waters
- He will never set the Thames on fire
- We never know the value of water till the well is dry
- It is good fishing in troubled waters
- Follow the river and you'll get to the sea
- You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink
- To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water
- To build a fire under oneself