煲冇米粥 (bou1 mou5 mai5 zuk1) — to waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing in Cantonese
bouˉ¹煲mouˏ₅冇maiˏ₅米zukˉ¹粥Mandarin Pinyin: bao1 mao3 mi3 zhou1
Meaning of 煲冇米粥
nounto waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing
noundescribes the act doing something that has no positive outcome or where there is no chance of success; all talk and no trousers; to waste time discussing something that will amount to nothing