Arguing with a woman is about as fruitful as scooping up water with a sieve.
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Scooping
Synonyms for "scooping" (234 found)
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Strong matches (70)
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Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
In Algiers, dog owners should do their own scooping.
Source: tatoeba (8595025)
With no utensils in sight, she resorts to scooping it up (and scarfing it down) directly from the pot with hunks of bread.
Source: tatoeba (11186597)
I observed that a moulding descended obliquely from this entrance down to the bottom, while striae followed the same line, the whole sides indeed being marked by curious scoopings, and intermediate ridgings […]
Source: wiktionary
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