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reinvent the wheel
idiom
to waste time trying to create something that someone else has already created重复发明;无谓地重复;浪费时间做无用功
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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boondoggle
dissipate
dissipation
down the drainidiom
flabbily
piss
piss something away
prodigal
prodigality
prodigally
profligacy
spendthrift
throw good money after badidiom
throw something away
toss
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uneconomic
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But what if nobody in history ever reinvented the wheel?
Sometimes, it is a good idea to reinvent the wheel.
reinvent the wheel | American Dictionary
reinvent the wheel
idiom
to waste time learning how to do something when it is already known how to do it:
We don't need to reinvent the wheel, we just need to hire someone who already knows how to make the system work.
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