To flog a dead horse
Стегать мертвую лошадь (т. е. заниматься явно бесполезным делом).
Голую овцу стричь. Мертвого лечить.
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- As well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
- Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil
- The last straw breaks the camel's back
- The early bird catches the worm
- While the grass grows the horse starves
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- If the sky falls, we shall catch larks
- Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free
- To lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen
- Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot
- Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark
- Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse
- Each bird loves to hear himself sing
- A cock is valiant on his own dunghill
- He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet