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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Joseba	-	Basque
Garrison	['gærisn]
Gulnar	-	Kazakh, Azerbaijani
Bacchus	['bækəs]
Tural	-	Azerbaijani
Voula	-	Greek