snipe hunt | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Aprankin which agulliblevictimis sent off on afruitlesssearch for anonexistentitem.Synonyms:snark hunt,fool's errand,wild goose chase2012December 13, “The Leviathan”, inElementary, season 1, episode10, spoken by Watson (Lucy Liu):And you asked Charles Briggs for the name of the man who bought the secret, and he gives you a legend. A man who might not even exist. You know what, this is asnipe hunt.

Examples:

EN: This is no snipe hunt.
ES: Esto es más importante de lo que pensé.
EN: I bet we could even get that kid to go on a snipe hunt.
ES: Apuesto a que podemos mandarlo a cazar agachadizas.
EN: You know, this is a mighty nice night for a snipe hunt.
ES: ¿Sabes? Es una noche estupenda para cazar agachadizas.
EN: After 17 years, I deserve something better than a goddamn snipe hunt like this.
ES: Creo que tras 17 años de trabajo merezco algo mejor que estas misiones inútiles.
EN: I'm gonna join the snipe hunt, if you don't mind.
ES: Yo también me voy de caza.
EN: - Mulder, you can't just take him on some snipe hunt.
ES: - Mulder, no puedes simplemente tomarlo para hacer una cacería.
EN: And I just traded an ammo clip to go on some half-assed snipe hunt.
ES: Y cambié un cargador de munición para cazar a un torpe cazador escondido.
EN: - This feels like the snipe hunt I was afraid of.
ES: - Empieza a parecer una caza de fantasmas.
EN: Hey, remember that time you guys took Frasier on a snipe hunt?
ES: Hey, recuerdas la vez que llevaron de caza a Frasier?
EN: - What's a snipe hunt?
ES: - ¿Qué es un caza de becadas?
EN: You'd think, but you kind of put me on a wild snipe hunt, so I tested for all biologicals, and I ran amylase and I found saliva.
ES: Eso parece, pero has conseguido intrigarme así que busqué componentes biológicos. Hice la prueba de amilasa y encontré saliva.
EN: You coaxed me in my boat on a snipe hunt for a dinosaur then you suggest we sleep in shifts.
ES: Me engatusaste en mi bote, en la búsqueda de un dinosaurio. Después sugieres que durmamos en turnos.
EN: This is a snipe hunt. You know that, right?
ES: Esto es como cazar codornices, ¿lo sabían?
EN: I have got Napa, Vallejo, and DOJ looking at me sideways and Riverside's telling me I'm on a snipe hunt!
ES: ¡Napa, Vallejo y el Depto. de Justicia me miran mal, y Riverside me dice que estoy perdiendo el tiempo!
EN: I'm telling you, this is the dumbest snipe hunt she has ever sent us on.
ES: Te lo digo, este es el mandado más tonto al que alguna vez nos haya enviado.

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