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 Definitions of wild-goose chase  [ˈwaɪldˌfaʊl]  

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Definition of 'wild-goose chase' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) wild-goose chase
a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable; a senseless pursuit.

Etymology:  (1585–95)

Definition of 'wild-goose chase' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) wild-goose chase
the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable


Translation of 'wild-goose chase' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an attempt to catch or find something one cannot possibly obtain.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: rondhollery Arabic flag Arabic: مَسْعى فاشِل، مَشْروع لا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: плупаво безнадеждно търсе
Brazilian flag Brazilian: busca inútil Czech flag Czech: marná snaha German flag German: vergebliche Mühe
Danish flag Danish: vildspor Greek flag Greek: μάταιη αναζήτηση Spanish flag Spanish: búsqueda inútil
Estonian flag Estonian: lootusetu katse Farsi flag Farsi: تلاش بيهوده Finnish flag Finnish: hukkareissu
French flag French: quête impossible Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִרדָף שַׁב Hindi flag Hindi: निरर्थक परिश्रम
Croatian flag Croatian: uzaludan trud, jalov poth Hungarian flag Hungarian: hiábavaló vállalkozás Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengejar yang mustahil
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vonlaus leit Italian flag Italian: (tentativo inutile) Japanese flag Japanese: 見込みのない試み
Korean flag Korean: 막연한 목적의 추구 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: siekimas nepasiekiamo Latvian flag Latvian: bezcerīgs pasākums
Malay flag Malay: kerja sia-sia Dutch flag Dutch: hopeloze onderneming Norwegian flag Norwegian: forgjeves forsøk
Polish flag Polish: poszukiwanie wczorajszego Persian flag Persian: تلاش بيهوده Pashto flag Pashto: بیهوده
Portuguese flag Portuguese: busca inútil Romanian flag Romanian: goană după himere Russian flag Russian: погоня за недостижимым
Slovak flag Slovak: márna snaha Slovenian flag Slovenian: jalovo početje Serbian flag Serbian: jalov poduhvat
Swedish flag Swedish: lönlöst företag Thai flag Thai: การค้นหาสิ่งที่ไม่อาจพบได Turkish flag Turkish: boşa kürek çekme, olmayac
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 白忙一場,徒勞之舉 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: химера Urdu flag Urdu: ناممکن چیز کی کوشش
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự đeo đuổi viển vông Chinese flag Chinese: 荒谬无益之追求,徒劳的举动

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