নিজের খেয়ে বনের মোষ তাড়ানো
English translation: Doing useless service for others at own expense
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| 5 | Doing useless service for others at own expense |
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| 4 | to get busy unnecessarily without any possibility of returns |
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9 hrs confidence: 
Doing useless service for others at own expense Explanation: This caustic remark has made to someone who does unselfish job for others but apparently the job seems useless. |
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11 hrs confidence: 
to get busy unnecessarily without any possibility of returns Explanation: Literal translation would be: eating at home and chasing wild buffaloes Yes, I couldn’t provide the exact English equivalent. |
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