pour water into a sieve
werkwoord
Roget 638:
spend,
expend,
use,
consume,
swallow up,
exhaust;
impoverish;
spill,
drain,
empty;
disperse
etc.
73.
cast away,
fool away,
muddle away,
throw away,
fling away,
fritter away;
burn the candle at both ends,
waste;
squander
etc.
818.
waste its sweetness on the desert air"
[Gray];
cast one's bread upon the waters,
cast pearls before swine;
employ a steam engine to crack a nut,
waste powder and shot,
break a butterfly on a wheel;
labor in vain
etc.
(useless)
645;
cut blocks with a razor,
pour water into a sieve.
leak
etc.
(run out)
295;
run to waste;
ebb;
melt away,
run dry,
dry up.
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Roget 818:
be prodigal
etc.
adj.;
squander,
lavish,
sow broadcast;
pour forth like water;
blow,
blow in [Slang];
pay through the nose
etc.
(dear)
814;
spill,
waste,
dissipate,
exhaust,
drain,
eat out of house and home,
overdraw,
outrun the constable;
run out,
run through;
misspend;
throw good money after bad,
throw the helve after the hatchet†;
burn the candle at both ends;
make ducks and drakes of one's money;
fool away one's money,
potter away one's money,
muddle away one's money,
fritter away one's money,
throw away one's money,
run through one's money;
pour water into a sieve,
kill the goose that lays the golden eggs;
manger son ble en herbe [Fr.].
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