They might have been pissing with the wind, so to speak, rather than against it.
From the markvernon.com
Unfortunately the gents are not within pissing distance for some of its patrons.
From the guardian.co.uk
Better to have them inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in.
From the guardian.co.uk
I should not have to have 24 hours of google pissing around with my productivity.
From the guardian.co.uk
Shitting, pissing and tossing detritus in drinking water is 21st century madness.
From the guardian.co.uk
Of course, it accomplished nothing at all except for pissing her off even more.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Cameron appears to be pissing on the Libdems in the hope they break the Alliance.
From the guardian.co.uk
These readymades are also urinal-like, in that we are pissing money away on them.
From the guardian.co.uk
You may claim that's dictatorial, but I'm afraid you're just pissing in the wind.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
Make: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
Urine: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water"
Peeing: informal terms for urination; "he took a pee"
(pissed) annoyed: aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"
(pissed) besotted: very drunk
The Pin Index Safety System, or PISS, is a safety system that uses geometric features on the yoke to ensure that pneumatic connections between a gas cylinder and a machine that uses pressurized gases are not connected to the wrong gas yoke. This system can be seen on an anesthesia machine.
Piss is Slank's third album. It was released in 1993. The album is named after the song Piss to remind us that until today some people are still pissing on peace.
(Pissed (album)) Pissed is the third studio album by the Texas Sleaze/Metal band Dangerous Toys. It was released on March 22nd, 1994.
(Pissing) Urination, also known as micturition, voiding, peeing, and more rarely, emiction, is the process of disposing of urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the body. In healthy humans the process of urination is under voluntary control. ...