Idiom
preach in the desert
Meaning
To speak to or persuade a nearly nonexistent audience, or to an audience not listening.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Giving advice to that stubborn man is like preaching in the desert.”
“The activist tried to warn the crowd about the risks, but he felt like he was preaching in the desert.”
“The professor realized that explaining the nuances of the theory to such an uninterested audience was merely preaching in the desert.”
Examples
simple
“Giving advice to that stubborn man is like preaching in the desert.”
contextual
“The activist tried to warn the crowd about the risks, but he felt like he was preaching in the desert.”
complex
“The professor realized that explaining the nuances of the theory to such an uninterested audience was merely preaching in the desert.”
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