go on a sleeveless errand
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a sleeveless errand — a fool s errand or a sleeveless errand A futile journey • • • Main Entry: ↑errand … Useful english dictionary
Sleeveless — Sleeve less, a. [AS. sl[=e]fle[ a]s.] 1. Having no sleeves. [1913 Webster] 2. Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] The vexation of a sleeveless errand. Bp. Warburton.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sleeveless — adjective 1. having no sleeves sleeveless summer dresses • Ant: ↑sleeved 2. unproductive of success a fruitless search futile years after her artistic peak a sleeveless errand a vain attempt … Useful english dictionary
sleeveless — sleevelessness, n. /sleev lis/, adj. 1. without sleeves. 2. amounting to nothing; unprofitable; futile: a sleeveless errand. [bef. 950; ME; OE sliefleas. See SLEEVE, LESS] * * * … Universalium
a fool's errand — or a sleeveless errand A futile journey • • • Main Entry: ↑errand … Useful english dictionary
Inutility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inutility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inutility inutility Sgm: N 1 uselessness uselessness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 inefficacy inefficacy futility Sgm: N 1 ineptitude ineptitude inaptitude Sgm: N 1 … English dictionary for students
sleeve´less|ness — sleeve|less «SLEEV lihs», adjective. 1. without sleeves: »a sleeveless summer dress. 2. Archaic. futile; fruitless; useless: »…a sleeveless errand (Shakespeare). –sleeve´less|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
sleeve|less — «SLEEV lihs», adjective. 1. without sleeves: »a sleeveless summer dress. 2. Archaic. futile; fruitless; useless: »…a sleeveless errand (Shakespeare). –sleeve´less|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
go a wool-gathering — Go on a fool s errand, go on a wild goose chase, go on a sleeveless errand, reckon without one s host … New dictionary of synonyms
April — 1. Am ersten (und letzten) April schickt man die Narren wohin man will. – Wurzbach II, 10; Schambach, 383. Holl.: Op den eersten April zendt men de gekken, waar men wil. (Harrebomée, I, 18.) 2. Am 15. April der Kukuk singen soll, und müsst er… … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
