Usage examples of "толочь" in Russian with translation to English

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Деревья и растения, почувствовав весну, начали цвести; точно так же были сбиты с толку птицы. Trees and plants, sensing spring, started to blossom; birds were just as confused.
Мне надоело толочь воду в ступе, так что я сплавал в Азию и договорился. I got sick of treading water, so I swam over to Asia, made a deal.
Более того, стратегия правящей правоцентристской коалиции Берлускони "CasadellaLiberta" ("Дом Свободы") заключалась в том, чтобы толочь воду в ступе и ждать, пока произойдут улучшения за счёт общеевропейской экономики, вместо того чтобы заняться решением структурных проблем Италии. Moreover, the strategy of Berlusconi's ruling center-right Casa della Libertà coalition has been to tread water and wait for Europe's economy to pick up instead of tackling Italy's structural difficulties.
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