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rack one's brains in vain · have had all one's pains for nothing · rack one's brains without results · waste one's efforts · fruitless efforts · go on a wild goose chase

枉费心机
wǎng fèi xīn jī
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Synonyms
to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer · to rack one's brains挖空心思wā kōng xīn sito rack one's brains for schemes (idiom) · to beat one's brains out费尽心机fèi jìn xīn jīfutile徒劳tú láo(lit.) to negotiate with a tiger for its pelt (idiom); (fig.) to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests与虎谋皮yǔ hǔ móu píto work hard while accomplishing little · to toil to no avail劳而无功láo ér wú gōng