εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
(Α ἀνεπιεικής, -ές)μη επιεικής, αυστηρός, αλύγιστος, σκληρός.