习语主题: 动物

a wild goose chase

/ə ˌwaɪld ˈɡuːs tʃeɪs/INFORMAL · C1

中文对应近似对应

徒劳无功

字面意思: «追野鹅»

含义

a pointless search that cannot succeed

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例句

1An outdated address sent the delivery driver on a wild goose chase.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

语法

可数：a wild goose chase。常用在 send someone on 或 turn into 之后；goose 保持单数。

意思相近

bark up the wrong tree a red herring

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the lion's share最大的一部分 smell a rat觉得有欺骗或不对劲的地方 a one-trick pony只会一样本事的人或东西 let the cat out of the bag泄露秘密，常是无意的 the elephant in the room人人回避的明显问题 an early bird起得早或比别人先行动的人

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