A buddha made of mud crossing a river cannot protect even himself.

泥菩萨过江,自身难保。

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The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.

西西弗斯被神罚不停地把一块石头滚到山顶,石头就会从山顶上掉下来。出于某种原因,他们认为没有什么比徒劳无功、毫无希望的劳动更可怕的惩罚了。

Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.

除尘就是一个很好的例子,说明试图把事情做好是徒劳的。一旦你掸去灰尘,你下一次掸灰的事实就已经确定了。