what is the meaning of, ab dar havan kubidan, آب در هاون کوبیدن, ab dar havan kubidan

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28/4/2002
Name: candace dawson
Subject: Can anybody tell me the meaning of this Persian proverb in English?
Message:
"ab dar havan kubidan"

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15/8/2002
Name: ساري حجار
Message:

آب در هاون کوبیدن اشاره به کار عبث و بیهوده کردن دارد.

13/6/2002
Name: shahnaz hekmat
Message:
It means doing something in vain. havang is a hand grinder and aab is water and no one's ever heard of ground water.

12/5/2002
Name: hadiseh farokhian
Message:
It means to do something which is useless (a pointless action without any result).

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