In Finnish we have “kissanristiäiset” (literally means a cat’s christening), which means some trivial and meaningless celebration/event.

  • rockyTron@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Not mine but I had a Dutch professor who would say “it’s like washing duck’s feet” to refer to something that was a pointless exercise or wasted effort. I always thought it was funny but can’t find anything on the Internet about it now so perhaps it’s not very common.