Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Dar palos de ciego
English translation:
to grasp at straws/ to shoot in the dark/to go around in circles
Spanish term
Chile
Professional, University Degree
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Dar palos de ciego
Aug 3, 2010 22:15: Jenni Lukac (X) Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
to grasp at straws/ to shoot in the dark/go around in circles
dar palos de ciego Spanish-English Vocabulary / Vocabulario Español-Inglés. ... shooting in the dark chasing their tails grasping at straws ...
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stop grasping at straws and to grasp instead > dejar de dar palos ...
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(KudoZ) English to Spanish translation of stop grasping at straws and to grasp instead: dejar de dar palos de ciego y centrarse.
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United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
to grope about aimlessly // to wander adrift like a rudderless ship
Suerte.
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Carmen Schultz
: these are good too and have a nice literary flair to them!
6 hrs
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Thank you, Carmen.
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Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
: I like your first option
7 hrs
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Gracias, Luis.
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Fast and reliable
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Mexican, Latin American, Colombian, Argentine) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Portuguese to Spanish, and 2 more.
shooting in the dark
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imcven
24 mins
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Leonardo Lamarche
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1 hr
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Lourdes Sanchez
2 hrs
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Henry Hinds
2 hrs
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Y. Peraza
8 hrs
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Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
blind leading the blind
It does however assume there are at least two people 'andando desorientados'.
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