džaba ste krečili

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Literally "you painted in vain". Originally commented on vain effort of repainting a wall that is repeatedly vandalized, usually by graffiti.

Idiom edit

džȁba ste kréčili (Cyrillic spelling џа̏ба сте кре́чили)

  1. (idiomatic) Your effort was futile.