plowing water

n. wasting time doing something futile. You’re wasting your time. You’re plowing water.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Takehiko	tah-ke-hee-ko	Japanese
SÁRa	SAH:-rah (Czech)	Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Corbett	['kɔ:bət]
Giambattista	jahm-baht-TEE-stah	Italian
Gizella	-	Hungarian
Hamnet	-	English (Archaic)