fool's errand | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Afoolishundertaking, especially one that ispurposeless,fruitless,nonsensical, orcertaintofail.Synonyms:idiot's errand,lost errand,sleeveless errand,wild-goose chase1821,Sir Walter Scott, chapter 1, inKenilworth:If I were to travel only that I might be discontented with that which I can get at home, methinks I should go but on afool's errand.1988March 7, Michael S. Serrill, “Diplomacy To Dream the Impossible Dream”, inTime‎[1], archived fromthe originalon30 June 2013:Shultz took little notice of the Soviet view or that of others who said his Middle East mission was afool's errand. "You can't be too afraid of failing," said the 67-year-old diplomat.; (idiomatic)Such an undertaking, assigned as aprank.Synonym:snipe huntMeronyms:blinker fluid,key to the midway,left-handed monkey wrench,muffler bearing,skyhookNear-synonym:wild-goose chase

Examples:

EN: - A fool's errand.
ES: - Una misión inútil.
EN: Maybe it wasn't such a fool's errand.
ES: Quizá no fue una misión tan inútil.
EN: I say we've come on a fool's errand, all of us.
ES: Nos hemos engañado al venir aquí. Todos nosotros.
EN: They're off across the marshes on a fool's errand.
ES: Pierden el tiempo en los pantanos.
EN: It's a fool's errand.
ES: Es un esfuerzo de tontos.
ES: Es una tontería.
EN: A fool's errand, it's a fool's errand, child.
ES: Hacemos el tonto, hacemos el tonto, niña...
ES: Hacemos el tonto, hacemos el tonto, niña...
EN: The Allies were in trouble and so was I, that summer of 1942, when I arrived in England on what I was sure was a fool's errand.
ES: Los Aliados estaban en el problema y para que me querían a mí, ese verano de 1942, cuando yo llegué a Inglaterra en lo que yo estaba seguro que el alto mando estaba en manos de un necio.
EN: Well you haven't brought me here on a fool's errand, I hope?
ES: Bueno, no me han traído aquí en una misión idiota, ¿verdad?
EN: this is a fool's errand.
ES: Si es éste, que es tonto.
EN: JEFFRIES (chuckling): It's a fool's errand.
ES: Es un encargo estúpido.
EN: - Send it on a fool's errand.
ES: - Le enviaré a una misión falsa.
EN: He'll set forth to learn what fear is... with nothing to guide him but a bag of shillings... a fiddle, and a fool's errand.
ES: Emprendió un viaje para aprender qué era el miedo y como única guía llevó una bolsa de chelines un violín y una empresa descabellada.
EN: Sarek would have seen this mission of reunification as a fool's errand.
ES: Sarek habría considerado esta misión de reunificación como una locura.
EN: I won't be sent on a fool's errand again!
ES: ¡No seré enviado a una misión inútil!
EN: So, Mulder, are you ready to admit they sent us on a fool's errand?
ES: Mulder, ¿ahora admites que nos han enviado a hacer algo inútil?

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