English Dictionary

pin the tail on the donkey

名詞

不可算名詞 広義

(games) A children's game involving pinning a piece of material on a specified spot while blindfolded. / (by extension) Any attempt to aim something somewhere while handicapped in doing so.

日本語の意味

子供向けのゲーム：目隠しをして指定された場所にテール（尾）を貼る遊び / 比喩的な意味：不正確な方法で何かの目的や対象に狙いを定める試み

Our favorite party activity was pin the tail on the donkey.

私たちのお気に入りのパーティー遊びは、目隠しをしてロバの絵に紙のしっぽを貼り付けるゲームでした。

意味（1）

(games) A children's game involving pinning a piece of material on a specified spot while blindfolded.

意味（2）

(by extension) Any attempt to aim something somewhere while handicapped in doing so.

Without it, you may as well be playing pin the tail on the donkey with your marketing efforts.