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Does English have a version of "pouring water on a goose"?
Maybe the equivalent is actually "whistling into the wind." Futile because no one can hear you.
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Translation of German "Es wird nichts so heiß gegessen, wie es gekocht wird"
perhaps context helps,
I am familiar with the saying as used by those drafting contracts, where the message conveyed is
"strict principles as layed down in contractual clauses are generally not ...
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