Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2020 September 4

= September 4 =

Fool's errand
(Posting by banned user removed. – Fut.Perf. ☼ 17:07, 4 September 2020 (UTC))
 * Are you looking for specifically a phrase in the form of "carrying X to Y" or are you looking for general phrases meaning "pointless exercises/fool's errands"? -- Jayron 32 16:29, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * If it's the former, perhaps "selling ice to Eskimos" is the one you are thinking of? -- Jayron 32 16:30, 4 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Difficult two answer an invisible query, but we have an article Coals to Newcastle. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 18:04, 4 September 2020 (UTC)


 * And of course owls to Athens, which simply sounds much nicer. Temerarius (talk) 02:34, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * And was mentioned in the original post before it was removed. --Khajidha (talk) 17:04, 5 September 2020 (UTC)