a wild goose chase

Nghĩa

a pointless search that cannot succeed

Cuộc tìm kiếm vô ích, không thể có kết quả.

Ví dụ

1. 1An outdated address sent the delivery driver on a wild goose chase.
2. 2Looking for tickets to the cancelled concert turned into a wild goose chase.
3. 3The search for that missing page was a wild goose chase; the book never had one.
4. 4Tracking down a shop that never existed proved a wild goose chase.
5. 5Thanks to an invented reference number, finding the parcel became a wild goose chase.

Ngữ pháp

Danh từ đếm được: a wild goose chase. Thường dùng sau send someone on hoặc turn into; từ goose giữ ở số ít.

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