εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
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Use adj., P. and V. κακοῦργος, V. λεωργός, or P. and V. part., ὁ ἀδικῶν, ὁ δράσας.