be pissing in(to) the wind

To be doing something totally pointless, fruitless, or futile; to be wasting one's time doing something that will not or cannot come to pass. To be perfectly honest, I feel like voting is just pissing in the wind, so I just don't bother. My mom and dad were pissing into the wind for years trying to get my brother to take his studies seriously; in the end, he dropped out anyway to pursue a career in music.

词组	be pissing in(to) the wind
释义	be pissing in(to) the wind be pissing in(to) the wind To be doing something totally pointless, fruitless, or futile; to be wasting one's time doing something that will not or cannot come to pass. To be perfectly honest, I feel like voting is just pissing in the wind, so I just don't bother. My mom and dad were pissing into the wind for years trying to get my brother to take his studies seriously; in the end, he dropped out anyway to pursue a career in music. See also: piss, wind Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: be spitting in the wind be spitting in(to) the wind spitting in the wind How does (something) grab you? how does that grab you how does...grab you? be playing with fire the easy option push (one) over the edge teeter on the brink of (something)
随便看	lay store in (something or someone) lay stress on (something) lay the blame on lay the blame on (one) lay the finger on (one) lay the ghost of something lay the ghost of (something) to rest lay the groundwork (for something) lay the pipe lay the table lay to lay together lay to rest lay to waste lay under lay up lay wait for lay waste lay waste to (something) lay waste to something lay your cards on the table laze laze about laze around laze away