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reinvent the wheel: v. To design or implement a tool equivalent to an existing one or part
of one, with the implication that doing so is silly or a waste of time.
This is often a valid criticism. On the other hand, automobiles don't use
wooden rollers, and some kinds of wheel have to be reinvented many times
before you get them right. On the third hand, people reinventing the wheel
do tend to come up with the moral equivalent of a trapezoid with an offset
axle.
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