GO ON A FOOL'S ERRAND

Meaning of GO ON A FOOL'S ERRAND in English

Go on a wild-goose chase. See go a wool-gathering .

Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms. Словарь английских синонимов. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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ERRAND — missage, comission, comende, ~ BOY: missage-boy
English interlingue dictionary
ERRAND — sugo
English-Visayan vocabulary
ERRAND — noun Etymology: Middle English erend message, business, from Old English ǣrend; akin to Old High German ārunti message Date: before …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GO — I. (|)gō, when followed without pause by a stressed syllable sometimes _gə or +V _gəw verb ( went (|)went ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOOL — I. ˈfül noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English fol, fool, from Old French fol, from Late Latin follis, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ERRAND — ˈerənd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English erend message, business, from Old English ǣrend; akin to Old English ār …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ERRAND — (n.) A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the …
Английский словарь Webster
ERRAND — ( n. ) A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOOL — fool 1 /foohl/ , n. 1. a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense. 2. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ERRAND — /er"euhnd/ , n. 1. a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ERRAND — n. short trip to accomplish a task; task, business which needs to be accomplished
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GO — I. ˈgō verb ( went ˈwent ; gone ˈgȯn also ˈgän ; go·ing ˈgō-iŋ, ˈgȯ(-)iŋ; “gȯing to” in sense 13 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOOL — I. ˈfül noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French fol, from Late Latin follis, from Latin, bellows, bag; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ERRAND — noun Etymology: Middle English erend message, business, from Old English ǣrend; akin to Old High German ārunti message Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GO — noun a glass of spirits. 2. go ·noun act; working; operation. 3. go ·p.p. gone. 4. go ·noun noisy merriment; …
Webster English vocab
FOOL — vt to infatuate; to make foolish. 2. fool ·noun one who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked …
Webster English vocab
ERRAND — noun a special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the …
Webster English vocab
ERRAND — ■ noun a short journey made to deliver or collect something, especially on someone else's behalf. Phrases ~ of mercy …
Concise Oxford English vocab
GO — [go] vb went ; gone ; go.ing ; goes [ME gon, fr. OE gan; akin to OHG gan to go, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOOL — [fool] n [ME, fr. OF fol, fr. LL follis, fr. L, bellows, bag; akin to OHG bolla blister, balg bag--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ERRAND — [er.rand] n [ME erend message, business, fr. OE aerend; akin to OHG arunti message] (bef. 12c) 1 archaic a: an …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOOL — also called Jester, a comic entertainer whose madness or imbecility, real or pretended, made him a source of amusement and …
Britannica English vocabulary
ERRAND — errand BrE AmE ˈer ə nd ▷ errand|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GO — / gəʊ; NAmE goʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( goes / gəʊz; NAmE goʊz/ went / went; NAmE / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOL — / fuːl; NAmE / noun , verb , adjective ■ noun 1. [ C ] a person who you think …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ERRAND — / ˈerənd; NAmE / noun a job that you do for sb that involves going somewhere to take a message, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOOL — I. fool 1 /fuːl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: fol , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ERRAND — er ‧ rand /ˈerənd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ærend ] a short journey in …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
FOOL — n., v., & adj. --n. 1 a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a stupid person. 2 hist. a jester; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOOL — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a stupid person. 2 hist. a jester; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ERRAND — n. 1 a short journey, esp. on another's behalf, to take a message, collect goods, etc. 2 the object of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
FOOL — 1. n., v., & adj. --n. 1. a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a stupid person. 2 hist. a …
Oxford English vocab
ERRAND — n.1 a short journey, esp. on another's behalf, to take a message, collect goods, etc. 2 the object of such …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOL — ( fools, fooling, fooled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ERRAND — ( errands) 1. An errand is a short trip that you make in order to do a job for someone, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ERRAND — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE running ▪ The other servants were at market or running errands . ▪ Poor …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ERRAND — [noun] [C] - a short journey either to take a message or to deliver or collect somethingI'll meet you at …
Cambridge English vocab
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Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
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Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
ERRAND — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ little , small ▪ simple ▪ daily ( esp. AmE ) ▪ last-minute VERB + ERRAND ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GO — n. 25B6; verb he's gone into town : MOVE, proceed, make one's way, advance, progress, pass; walk, travel, journey; poetic/literary …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ERRAND — n. 1 trip, journey She was on an errand of mercy 2 mission, charge, assignment, commission, task, duty Francis is …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FOOL — noun BAD : I was fool to believe him. GOOD : I was a fool to believe him. GOOD : …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOOL — I 1. сущ. 1) дурак; глупец; болван to make a fool of smb. ≈ одурачить кого-л. to play the fool …
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