Spit in(to) the wind old-fashioned verb phrase
To waste time doing pointless things.
Man, I spent hours working on this. Now, it's just like spitting into the wind.
Stop spitting in the wind and focus on what matters.
To attempt to do something but produce no result or effect
No value, use, or purpose
Not be useful or suitable to anyone or anything
To undertake something that appears to be useless
Used to describe an ineffective pursuit
The verb "spit" should be conjugated according to its tense.
If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.
You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.