Meaning
a foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable.
Examples
“physicists searching for the hypothetical particle may be on a wild goose chase”
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does the idiom ‘go on a wild goose chase’ mean?
The idiom ‘go on a wild goose chase’ means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”
How do you use ‘go on a wild goose chase’ in a sentence?
Example usage of idiom ‘go on a wild goose chase’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.