"pin the tail on the donkey" meaning in English

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        "A children's game involving pinning a piece of material on a specified spot while blindfolded."
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        "(games) A children's game involving pinning a piece of material on a specified spot while blindfolded."
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          "sense": "A children's game involving pinning a piece of material on a specified spot while blindfolded.",
          "word": "ezeltje-prik"
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          "text": "Without it, you may as well be playing pin the tail on the donkey with your marketing efforts.",
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        "Any attempt to aim something somewhere while handicapped in doing so."
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        "(by extension) Any attempt to aim something somewhere while handicapped in doing so."
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