to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally
耗
=
毛
+
耒
:
Hamlet (h) got the task to drive a plow (耒) through a lot of hair (毛) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). He thinks that it is just a waste (耗) of gasoline (油耗) because it requires a lot of time and energy (耗时耗力), but he does it anyway.