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
More Proverbs from Réunion
Sponsored
ZakGT — the world's books & quotes, by country
Real words. Real people. One global standard.