Zenobius 5.38
You seek wool from an ass
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English
Proverb
You seek wool from an ass
Explanation
of those seeking insubstantial things; inasmuch as one cannot comb or shear an ass. Also "You shear an ass," of those undertaking impossible things.
Greek
Proverb
Ὄνου πόκους ζητεῖς
Explanation
ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνυπόστατα ζητούντων. Παρόσον τὴν ὄνον οὔτε πέξαι τὶς δύναται οὔτε κεῖραι. Λέγεται δὲ καὶ Ὄνον κείρεις, ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνηνύτοις ἐπιχειρούντων.
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