pin the tail on the donkey en · NOUN
Meanings
- (uncountable) A children's game involving pinning a piece of material on a specified spot while blindfolded.
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(broadly, uncountable) 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.
2001, David F. D'Alessandro, Brand Warfare: 10 Rules for Building the Killer Brand, McGraw-Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 35:
Translations (1)
nl ezeltje-prik (A children's game involving pinning a piece of material on a specified spot while blindfolded.)