Proverbs:

He calls for a shoeing horn to help on his gloves.
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He catches the wind with a net.
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He chastises the dead.
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He cleaves the clouds.
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He draws water with a sieve.
Modern Greek
He gives grass to the lion—meat to the horse.
Turkish
He gives straw to his dog—and bones to his ass.
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He hides the sun with a sieve.
Modern Greek
He is building a bridge over the sea.
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He is making clothes for fishes.
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He is making ropes of sand.
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He numbers the waves.
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He ploughs the air.
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He pounds water in a mortar.
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He seeks water in the sea.
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He seeks wool on an ass.
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He sees a glow-worm and thinks it a conflagration.
Turkish
He takes a spear to kill a fly.
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He takes oil to extinguish the fire.
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He tries to support an egg upon his nose.
Modern Greek
To commit as many absurdities as a clown in eating an egg.
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To dig a well to put out a house on fire.
Tamil
To dig a well with a needle.
Turkish
To drink from a colander.
Latin
To swim a river with a bridge close by.
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To the dog straw and to the ass bones.
Modern Greek
To throw oil on the fire.
Dutch
To throw pearls before swine.
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To twist a rope of sand.
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You ask an elm tree for pears.
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You dance in a net and think nobody sees you.
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You go to a goat to buy wool.
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You look for hot water under the ice.
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You use a lantern at noon day.
Latin
Proverbs theme "Absurd" in English
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