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1 носить воду в решете
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2 решетом воду носить
1) Set phrase: draw water in a sieve (дословно: Черпать воду решетом), drop a bucket into an empty well (дословно: Кидать ведро в пустой колодец)2) Makarov: roast snow in a furnace, flog a dead horse (букв.: стегать дохлую лошадь)3) Saying: plough the sand, plough the sands4) Phraseological unit: make clothes for fishes5) Idiomatic expression: herding cats (Ex: Managing volunteers from fourteen different organizations is like herding cats.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > решетом воду носить
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