jump through a hoop
...
2) пройти через испытание, подвергнуться испытанию, наказанию (go through the hoop(s))
No sense in letting the official receiver snaffle 'em, is there? Might as well let 'em do somebody else a bit of good if he's going through the hoop. (R. Greenwood, ‘Mr. Bunting’, ch. XVI) — Нет никакого смысла дожидаться, пока их опишут за долги. Лучше уж пусть кто-нибудь купит их по дешевке, раз старику все равно вылетать в трубу.

Similarly,
* '[It] Makes no sense to ......'
* '[I] Don't know why he asked me to do it'

Omitting words from the beginnings of sentences like this is very common in spoken/informal English, just as it is in Russian. It isn't "illegal", but can sometimes make the sentence unclear/ambiguous.

... Tub picked up Kenny’s rif le as they walked down toward the farmhouse.
“No sense leaving this around,” he said. “Kenny might get ideas.” ...

Правда, ing-формы в примерах встречаются тоже по-разному. Иногда "no sense + in *-ing ..." иногда, как в этом примере "no sense + *-ing ...".