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whistle in the wind

To attempt something that is futile; to say something that is not heeded.
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hey are expending more and more effort on trying to get right something that cannot, and should not, be done in the first place. Endless exhortations to "do it better" are, to put it politely, whistling in the wind.

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Submitted on January 20, 2019

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صافرة في الريح

pískání ve větru

im Wind pfeifen

हवा में सीटी

바람에 휘파람

gwizdek na wietrze

assobiar ao vento

свист на ветру

గాలిలో విజిల్

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