a fool's errand



a fool's errand

an attempt to do something that has no chance of success Billions of dollars have been spent on long-range weather forecasting, but it's a fool's errand.
See also: errand

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Oswine-Anglo-Saxon
Aikoah-ee-koJapanese
Maximilien-French
Mirica-Croatian
Akilina-Russian
Mele-Hawaiian