Bagai menegakkan benang basah.
“Like trying to make a wet thread stand upright.”
Describes an attempt to do something that is essentially impossible or futile.
— Traditional Indonesia Wisdom, Indonesia
Source: Traditional Indonesian peribahasa, public-domain oral tradition
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