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
Evelin-German, Estonian, Hungarian
Griffith-Welsh
Locke[lɔk]
Lucinde-French
Isobel-Scottish
Sava-Serbian, Bulgarian