wild-goose+chase
21wild goose chase — See a wild goose chase …
22wild goose chase — absurd or hopeless search He led them all on a wild goose chase when he told them about the sale at the computer store …
23wild goose chase — noun, pl ⋯ chases [count] : a difficult and long search for something that is not important or that cannot be found The boss sent me on a wild goose chase that wasted half the day …
24A wild goose chase — Goose Goose (g[=oo]s), n.; pl. {Geese} (g[=e]s). [OE. gos, AS. g[=o]s, pl. g[=e]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[=a]s, Dan. gaas, Sw. g[*a]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for hanser, Gr. chh n, Skr. ha[.m]sa. [root]233. Cf. {Gander},… …
25wild-goose chase — /waɪld ˈgus tʃeɪs/ (say wuyld goohs chays) noun 1. a wild or absurd chase, as after something non existent or unobtainable. 2. any senseless pursuit of an object or end …
26wild goose chase — Synonyms and related words: abortion, abortive attempt, bootless errand, dud, labor in vain, labor of Sisyphus, lost, merry chase, miscarriage, miscarrying, misfire, snipe hunt, vain attempt, waste of breath, waste of labor, waste of time, wet… …
27wild-goose chase — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fool s errand, chasing rainbows; red herring, snipe hunt, chasing one s own tail, tilting at windmills. See uselessness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. futile search, meaningless chase, vain inquiry, foolish …
28The Wild Goose Chase — is a late Jacobean stage play, a comedy written by John Fletcher, first published in 1652. It is often classed among Fletcher s most effective and best constructed plays; Edmund Gosse called it one of the brightest and most coherent of Fletcher s …
29The Wild Goose Chase (film) — Infobox Film name = The Wild Goose Chase image size = caption = director = Cecil B. DeMille producer = Cecil B. DeMille writer = William C. de Mille narrator = starring = Ina Claire music = cinematography = Alvin Wyckoff editing = Cecil B.… …
30Wycliffe's Wild Goose Chase — (1982) is a crime novel by Cornish writer W. J. Burley. [http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/MP 32996/Wycliffe s Wild Goose Chase.htm] ynopsisWhile taking a leisurely Sunday stroll along the West Country estuary, Wycliffe stumbles across a service… …
