18th century. <span class="searchmatch">fool's</span> <span class="searchmatch">errand</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">fools</span>' <span class="searchmatch">errands</span>) (idiomatic) A foolish undertaking, especially one that is purposeless, fruitless, nonsensical, or certain...
<span class="searchmatch">fools</span>' <span class="searchmatch">errands</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">fool's</span> <span class="searchmatch">errand</span>...
lost <span class="searchmatch">errand</span> (plural lost <span class="searchmatch">errands</span>) (idiomatic) Synonym of <span class="searchmatch">fool's</span> <span class="searchmatch">errand</span>. 1891, Charles Dickens, A Bride of a Summer's Day: The detective expressed his...
idiot's <span class="searchmatch">errand</span> Synonym of <span class="searchmatch">fool's</span> <span class="searchmatch">errand</span>....
sleeveless <span class="searchmatch">errand</span> (plural sleeveless <span class="searchmatch">errands</span>) (idiomatic) Synonym of <span class="searchmatch">fool's</span> <span class="searchmatch">errand</span>. c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”...
grease (uncountable) A fictional item, the subject of a <span class="searchmatch">fool's</span> <span class="searchmatch">errand</span>. Holonym: <span class="searchmatch">fool's</span> <span class="searchmatch">errand</span> Near-synonyms: muffler bearing, blinker fluid, left-handed...
See snark. snark hunt (plural snark hunts) Synonym of snipe hunt (“<span class="searchmatch">fool's</span> <span class="searchmatch">errand</span>”)....
hul‧lu‧tus Hyphenation(key): hul‧lu‧tus hullutus <span class="searchmatch">fool's</span> <span class="searchmatch">errand</span>, lost <span class="searchmatch">errand</span> (foolish undertaking) <span class="searchmatch">fool's</span> <span class="searchmatch">errand</span>, snipe hunt (prank) “hullutus”, in Kielitoimiston...
Literally “day of the <span class="searchmatch">fool's</span> <span class="searchmatch">errand</span>”. IPA(key): /ˌl̪ˠaː nə ˈkokɛɾʲəxk/ Là na Gogaireachd m April <span class="searchmatch">Fools</span>' Day Synonym: Là nan Amadan...
hullun (“madman's”) + homma (“job, <span class="searchmatch">errand</span>; thing, matter”). IPA(key): /ˈhulːun ˈhomːɑ/, [ˈhulːun ˈho̞mːɑ̝] hullun homma <span class="searchmatch">fool's</span> <span class="searchmatch">errand</span> (foolish undertaking)...