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Effort meeting a brick wall and politely apologizing to it.
means Doomed to fail or produce no useful result, no matter how hard you try.
from From Latin futilis, leaky, said of vessels that pour uselessly — like a jug that can't hold water, your efforts spill out the bottom.
Leaky rootsLiterally meant a pot that won't hold liquid.
Star Trek fameResistance is futile cemented its modern doom-energy.
Close cousinEffuse shares the same pouring-out Latin source.