| 单词 | fool's errand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfool's errand fool's errand n. a task or activity that has no hope of success; a fruitless undertaking. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > a profitless undertaking wild-goose race1594 wild goose chase1597 fool's erranda1629 job1680 water haul1823 rainbow chase1840 Sisyphism1846 blind alley1854 fool's gold1870 mug's game1900 Saltash luck1914 dead end1922 boondoggle1947 a1629 M. Day Serm. 1 Cor. 15 276 in Doomes-day (1636) The Spirit of God doth not meane to set men a worke with a fooles errand, to set men on worke without ensuing profit. 1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 15 Did not the Pope send all the Princes in Christendom upon a Fools Errand, to gain the Holy (unholy) Land. 1884 Cent. Mag. Nov. 59/1 He was only going on a fool's errand again. 1998 C. Barker Galilee vi. vii. 350 She could waste an hour going through the room, but it was a fool's errand. 2002 S. L. Carter Emperor Ocean Park xliv. 493 ‘I see,’ I say, wondering whether I have come on a fool's errand. < as lemmas |
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