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"chase your tail" in Chinese (Simplified)

白费力气徒劳无功

Definition

指很忙但没有实质进展,就像努力工作却没有结果一样。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

非正式的口语表达,用于形容做事没效果、感觉陷入困境。不是真说狗在追尾巴,而是隐喻。常用于表达无奈或无果的忙碌。

Examples

I spent all morning chasing my tail at work.

我一整個早上都在**白费力气**地工作。

Sometimes I feel like I’m just chasing my tail at home.

有时候我觉得我在家只是**徒劳无功**。

We’re chasing our tails trying to fix this problem.

我们一直在**白费力气**地解决这个问题。

After hours of emails, I realized I was just chasing my tail and nothing got done.

处理几个小时的邮件后,我才发现自己一直在**白费力气**,什么都没完成。

You can chase your tail all day, but unless you focus, nothing will change.

你可以**白费力气**一整天,但如果不专心,什么都不会改变。

I feel like I’m chasing my tail with all these chores and never finish anything.

我觉得做这些家务让我一直**徒劳无功**,什么都做不完。