fool\'s errand

noun

a completely absurd, pointless, or useless errand.

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fool's errand

—n
	a fruitless undertaking

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fool's errand

A fruitless mission or undertaking, as in Asking the bank for yet another loan was clearly a fool's errand. [c. 1700]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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