Grinds much and produces little/ to toil much and produce little

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Grinds much and produces little/ to toil much and produce little

Figuratively: someone who studies or works a great deal but retains or gains very little; much effort, little result.

("Issi ben Yehudah used to enumerate the praises of the sages: Rabbi Meir—wise and a scribe... Rabbi Shimon—grinds much and produces little" - Gittin 67a)

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Expression (Hebrew)

טוֹחֵן הַרְבֵּה וּמוֹצִיא קִמְעָא

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: לוֹמֵד הַרְבֵּה וְכִמְעַט אֵינוֹ שׁוֹכֵחַ. אוֹ: מִתְאַמֵּץ הַרְבֵּה וּמַרְוִיחַ מְעַט. מִתְאַמֵּץ לַשָּׁוְא.

("אִיסִי בֶּן יְהוּדָה הָיָה מוֹנֶה שִׁבְחָן שֶׁל חֲכָמִים: רַבִּי מֵאִיר-חָכָם וְסוֹפֵר...רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן- טוֹחֵן הַרְבֵּה וּמוֹצִיא קִמְעָא"- גִּטִּין סז ע"א)

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