/ˈfɒrːɒɦaːɲt ˌborʃoː/ MACARCA → TR
Macarca "falra hányt borsó" kelimesi Türkçe'de boşa kürek çekmek, havanda su dövmek anlamına gelir.
Çeviri Genel boşa kürek çekmek
Genel havanda su dövmek
Tanım • like talking to a wall, like water off a duck's back, wasted breath (wasted words)
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”.
to flog a dead horse, beat a dead horse
köken: piiskata (“to whip”) + kuollutta < kuollut (“dead”) + hevosta < hevonen (“horse”); probably English influence, i.e. translated from the English idiom.
like talking to a wall, like talking to a brick wall (be futile communication due to the ignorance or stubbornness of the other party)
to flog a dead horse
köken: Literally, “to look for a trail/track in the water.”
cmn 🔊 對牛彈琴 /对牛弹琴 , 秀才遇到兵——有理說不清 /秀才遇到兵——有理说不清
gd 🔊 a' marbhadh coin mhairbh
su 🔊 mapatahan ngojay ka meri
Etimoloji fal (“wall”) + -ra (“onto”, case suffix) + hányt (“thrown”) + borsó (“pea[s]”). Literally, “pea[s] thrown onto [a] wall”.