Boug la li bat la mèr pou guinye lekïm.
“He beats the sea just to get foam.”
Working hard for something empty or worthless — all effort and no real result.
— Traditional Réunion Wisdom, Réunion
Source: Traditional Réunion Creole proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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