caça aos gambozinos

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Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, hunting for gambozinos, an imaginary, nonexistent animal.

Noun

caça aos gambozinos f (plural caças aos gambozinos)

  1. (idiomatic) snipe hunt (prank in which a gullible person is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item)
  2. (idiomatic) wild-goose chase, fool's errand (a futile search; a useless and often lengthy task)

References

"gambozino", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa , 2008-2024, .