Timeline for An idiom meaning someone's doing something useless and has no result at the end
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| Jul 31, 2012 at 18:10 | comment | added | J. Walker | Hey Luke, welcome to English SE. Perhaps it is called a teakettle wherever you come from. Anyway, the point of a kettle is to keep things hot. Putting it in the fridge is kind of pointless. There is a English language SE for people who are new to the language if you would like to look into that. | |
| Jul 31, 2012 at 17:50 | comment | added | Luke_0 | Putting the kettle in the fridge? I fail to see how that fits the criteria. | |
| Jul 31, 2012 at 17:45 | history | edited | J. Walker | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
improved answer (this is my answer)
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| Jul 30, 2012 at 23:16 | comment | added | Luke_0 | Some might consider it derogatory, unlike other idioms mentioned. | |
| Jul 30, 2012 at 22:47 | comment | added | Gigili | Yeah, "convincing a woman"! That's it! | |
| Jul 30, 2012 at 22:38 | history | answered | J. Walker | CC BY-SA 3.0 |