“A wild goose chase”
Definición
A useless search for something that is hard or impossible to find.
Ejemplos
Examples
“Looking for that old receipt was a wild goose chase.”
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Restore the missing expression using the meaning above. Keep the rest of the sentence unchanged.
Looking for that old receipt was _____.Compare with the original example
Looking for that old receipt was a wild goose chase.
Write a two-line conversation using “A wild goose chase”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryPreguntas frecuentes
- What does "A wild goose chase" mean?
- "A wild goose chase" means a useless search for something that is hard or impossible to find.
- How do you use "A wild goose chase" in a sentence?
- Example: "Looking for that old receipt was a wild goose chase."
- Should I interpret "A wild goose chase" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.