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plow the sands

idiom

to spend considerable time and effort to do something useless; to waste time


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Related idioms7entries
  1. 01

    plough a lonely furrow

    To carry out an action in isolation, or in an original way, without any help or support from others.

  2. 02

    plough money

    To invest money in a project or endeavor, especially to help it succeed or earn more money.

  3. 03

    plough one's way

    To make one's way.

  4. 04

    plough the back forty

    To engage in sexual intercourse.

  5. 05

    plow on

    To continue with a menial, tedious, or time-consuming task.

  6. 06

    plow one's way

    Alternative spelling of plough one's way.

  7. 07

    plow with one's heifer

    To have an affair with another man's wife or to deal with the wife in order to obtain something from her husband.

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