wild-goose chase
Noun
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Noun
wild-goose chase (idiomatic)
- (figuratively) A futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome.
- I went on a wild-goose chase all over the town looking for that adapter until I discovered they no longer make them.
- Diagnosing this software application's problems is a wild-goose chase because it is built in an environment that has poor debugging tools.
- Synonyms: merry dance
- German: ein sinnloses Unterfangen, fruchtloses Unterfangen
- Italian: ricerca inutile, ricerca vana, caccia ai fantasmi, sforzo inutile
- Portuguese: caça aos gambozinos
- Spanish: búsqueda inútil
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