a waste of energy
a waste of energy
A useless, vain, or redundant effort or action. It turns out the boss had already chosen a direction for the project, so my presentation was a complete waste of energy.
See also: energy, of, waste
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- energy
- kick (someone or something) to the curb
- be not worth the paper it's printed on
- a fat lot of use
- (as) useless as tits on a nun
- nun
- a fat lot of good
- a fat lot of good/help/use
- (as) useless as tits on a boar hog
- shoot someone's fox