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That implies more of a negative result than no result.
– hammar
Commented Apr 13, 2012 at 12:13
Good phrase, but it's not quite the same: it means a problematic/precarious task – slightly different from a pointless exercise like squashing water, which doesn't achieve anything. You might end up covered in piss, but you've still had a piss.
– callum
Commented Apr 13, 2012 at 12:22
In the native language of OP, there is an equivalent idiom: Pissing on a solid ground.
– B Faley
Commented Apr 13, 2012 at 13:11
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Pissing in the wind is not a problem. As long as you do it down wind and not into the wind.
– Peter Ajtai
Commented Apr 13, 2012 at 20:52

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