水中捞月在水中捞月亮。比喻徒劳而无功。例恰便似沙里淘金石中取火，水中捞月。——元杨景贤《刘行首》三折。是人非人心不别是幻非幻如何说。虽则似空里拈花却不是水中捞月。——明汤显祖《还魂记冥誓》英make vain efforts;也作“水中捉月”例镜里看形见不难水中捉月争牛得。[查看详情]

徒劳无功徒劳的尝试或无用的姿态。例他们的种种失败徒劳无功，简直像花儿和昆虫适合于共生一样惊人。英futility; make a futile effort; flog a dead horse; mount on a dead horse; shoe a goose; work to no avail;徒劳无成效的努力；常指空跑一趟而未遇见想要找的人。英wa[查看详情]

竹篮打水比喻费了力没有效果。例唐二古怪和唐春早父子俩年年竹篮打水，两手空空。——刘绍棠《蛾眉》英draw water with a bamboo basket; all in vain;又作“竹篮打水一场空”[查看详情]

为人作嫁贫穷女子常为富家女出嫁作衣。比喻徒然替他人辛苦出力。英busy oneself with helping other people; fools lade water and wise men catch the fish; slave for others with no benefit to oneself as one who sews sb. else's trousseau;[查看详情]

敝鼓丧豚击鼓宰猪而求神徒使鼓破而猪失。谓徒劳无益。[查看详情]

心劳日拙谓费尽心力处境反而一天不如一天。例作德心逸日休；作伪心劳日拙。——《书周官》英fare worse and worse for all one's scheming;[查看详情]