wild-goose+chase
11wild goose chase — A wild goose chase is a waste of time time spent trying to do something unsuccessfully. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If someone is sent on a wild goose chase, they waste their time looking for something that there is little chance… …
12wild-goose chase — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms wild goose chase : singular wild goose chase plural wild goose chases an attempt to find something that does not exist or that you are very unlikely to discover …
13wild-goose chase — /wuyld goohs / 1. a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild goose chase looking for a building long demolished. 2. any senseless pursuit of an object or end; a hopeless enterprise: Her scheme of being a movie star… …
14Wild goose chase — A wild goose chase can mean:*, a lengthy or useless pursuit or task whose execution requires inordinate resources and circuitous execution. *Snipe hunt where someone is hazed by deliberately being sent on a wild goose chase or other ridiculous… …
15wild-goose chase — noun a) A futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy pursuit. I went on a wild goose chase all over the town looking for that adapter until I discovered they no longer make them. b) A task whose execution is inordinately… …
16wild goose chase — {n. phr.} An absurd and completely futile errand. * /I was on a wild goose chase when I was sent to find a man who never really existed./ …
17wild goose chase — {n. phr.} An absurd and completely futile errand. * /I was on a wild goose chase when I was sent to find a man who never really existed./ …
18wild goose chase — noun Alternative spelling of wild goose chase …
19wild\ goose\ chase — n. phr. An absurd and completely futile errand. I was on a wild goose chase when I was sent to find a man who never really existed …
20wild-goose chase — see wild goose chase …
