bate apa-n piuă

== Romanian == === Etymology === Literally, “to beat the water in the mortar”. === Verb === bate apa-n piuă (third-person singular present bate apa-n piuă, past participle bătut apa-n piuă, third-person subjunctive bată apa-n piuă) 3rd conjugation (idiomatic) to talk pointlessly