П323
В ПОЛЬЗУ БЕДНЫХ
coll,
ironPrepPInvaradv, nonagreeing
modif (of разговор, занятие
etc), or
subj-compl with copula (
subj:
abstr , often всё)
fixed WO (to do sth. ) uselessly, producing no positive, constructive results
useless (talk, work
etc)
sth. is useless: (do
sth. ) in vain(do
sth. (
sth. is)) to no avail(
sth. is) an exercise in futilityfutile (
NP)(of talk only) (nothing but) palavera lot of hot air.
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