piiskata kuollutta hevosta
Fince "piiskata kuollutta hevosta" kelimesi Türkçe'de boşa kürek çekmek, havanda su dövmek anlamına gelir.
Çeviri
Genelboşa kürek çekmek
Genelhavanda su dövmek
Tanım
•to flog a dead horse, beat a dead horse
Diğer Dillerde
to carry coals to Newcastle (do something unneeded or redundant)
çekim: geçmiş chovi no molhado · ortaç chovido no molhado
eş: dar murro em ponta de faca, ensinar o padre a rezar missa
köken: Literally, “to rain on wet”.
like talking to a wall, like water off a duck's back, wasted breath (wasted words)
köken: fal (“wall”) + -ra (“onto”, case suffix) + hányt (“thrown”) + borsó (“pea[s]”). Literally, “pea[s] thrown onto [a] wall”.
Mindegy, hogy mit mondok neki. Falra hányt borsó.
to flog a dead horse
köken: Literally, “to look for a trail/track in the water.”
gda' marbhadh coin mhairbh
sumapatahan ngojay ka meri
Etimoloji
piiskata (“to whip”) + kuollutta < kuollut (“dead”) + hevosta < hevonen (“horse”); probably English influence, i.e. translated from the English idiom.