Original artwork, not a still
Adam Bede · 1859
It’s but little good you’ll do watering last year’s crops.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Watering last year's crops won't do you much good. It's a plain, earthy way of saying that effort spent on what's already finished is wasted, and that attention belongs on what's growing now rather than on what's long past.
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