k&k learn french 123 -
pisser dans un violon
"Pisser dans un violon" (to piss in the wind) is a brilliant expression to employ for those situations when you feel like you're not getting anywhere with what you're trying to do! Hear all about it in show 123.
Literal translation
To piss in a violin
English equivalents
To piss in the wind
To whistle in the wind
To rake water uphill
To bang your head against a brick wall
It's like talking to a (brick) wall
It's like herding cats
To be a waste of time / To waste time
To be a fat lot of good
To be (fighting) a lost cause
A fool's errand
French equivalents
Servir à rien
Faire quelque chose d'inutile
Vider la mer à la petite cuillère
Remplir un tonneau sans fond
Balayer le sable du désert
C'est peine perdue
Comme si on parlait au mur (côté rélationnelle)
Comme donner un coup d'épée dans l'eau
Comme donner un coup dans l'eau
Travailler pour le roi de Prusse
Travailler pour les prunes (pour la salaire)
NOTE : it's often employed in the following ways: c'est comme si on pissait dans un violon / autant pisser dans un violon !
Frog's phrase
Chaque fois que Frog suggère une nouvelle idée pour le podcast comme, je sais pas moi, créer une nouvelle compagnie aérienne Katia & Kyliemac ou enregistrer un épisode au Stade de France, et bah c'est comme si il pissait dans un violon. Ohhh.
Translation
Every time that Frog suggests a new idea for the podcast like, I don't know, start a new airline called Katia & Kyliemac or record an episode at the Stade de France, well, it's like he's talking to a brick wall.
Listen to our explanation of the phrase :
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