be pissing in the wind
Definition
› to be trying to do something when there is no hope of succeeding: You can try to change her mind if you like, but you'll be pissing in the wind.
(Definition of be pissing in the wind from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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