Explanation: Futile, with no use. Usage: Joint type; as predicate, object; containing derogatory Source: Song Yuan Xie, "cutting into the government to keep arms Okabayashi Sapporo child": "Cardiff were addicted to base, lack of solid; and those who are too high, in vain." Examples: Talk about work efficiency, ~ do not do it. Riddle: Earth to do good teachers do
n.: drop a bucket into an empty well, burn daylight, shoe the goose, wash an ass's head, bring owls to Athens, carry owls to Athens, send owls to Athens, limn on water, futility, make a futile effort
Thesaurus
a cup of water can't put out the fire on a carload of wood, be of no avail (=without avail), put a halter round one's neck, make a law only to fall foul of it oneself; be hoist with or by one’ s own petard; get caught in one’ s own trap, suicide, Moths Firefighting, go for very little, Coke boil lapidation, Eggs and stone fight, whoever plays with fire will perish by fire, Cannibalism undesirable consequence, dig one’ s own grave, bring blame on oneself, make self-criticism as one who draws a fire against oneself, art of writing a composition Self-harm, a _drop_ in the bucket
Antonym
Fain hair, Highly effective, Chuikang See m, Soratani microphone, be immediately effective, Tatemi result, Effective