Question

کلمه هاون و اصطلاحه اب در هاون کوبیدن لطفا؟

 

Answer 1

 

 

beat the air

Also, beat the wind. Continue to make futile attempts, fight to no purpose.

For example, The candidates for office were so much alike that we thought our vote amounted to beating the air.

 

beat the air

Make vain efforts,
waste one's efforts,
try in vain,
lash the waves,
fish in the air,
plough the sands.
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These phrases call up a vivid image of someone flailing away at nothing. [Late 1300s]

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Comments

+1 nice

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tnx u . it was so helpful

Answer 2

to flog a dead horse

Comments

Hi

Also:

To beat a dead horse

 

Answer 3

Hi

Take sand to the beach

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/take+sand+to+the+beach.html

Comments

سلام. مرسی مهتاب.

میتونه معادل نزدیک تری هم به این ضرب المثل باشه:

زیره به کرمان بردن

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سلام، درسته علی آقا ولی فکر کنم "زیره به کرمان بردن" و "آب در هاون کوبیدن" هردوشون کنایه از

کار بیهوده انجام دادن است، موافقی؟

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زنده باد

Answer 4

catching the wind

Answer 5

To carry water in a sieve.

To flog a dead horse.
 

Answer 6

Flogging or beating a dead horse means a particular effort is a waste of time as there will  be no outcome.