WILD GOOSE CHASE

Definition: WILD GOOSE CHASE

1. The pursuit of something unattainable, or of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose. --Shak.

Synonyms within Context: WILD GOOSE CHASE

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Inutility	Noun: inutility; uselessness; Adjective: inefficacy, futility; ineptitude, inaptitude; unsubservience; inadequacy; (insufficiency); inefficiency.; (incompetence); unskillfulness; disservice; unfruitfulness;(unproductiveness).; labor in vain, labor lost, labor of Sisyphus; lost trouble, lost labor; work of Penelope; sleeveless errand, wild goose chase, mere farce.
Unskillfulness	Cut blocks with a razor; hold a farthing candle to the sun; (useless); fight with a shadow, grasp at a shadow; catch at straws, lean on a broken reed, reckon without one's host, pursue a wild goose chase; go on a fool's goose chase, sleeveless errand; go further and fare worse; lose one's way, miss one's way; fail.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Modern Usage: WILD GOOSE CHASE

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Who should you bring on a wild goose chase but a goose? (Balto; writing credit: David Cohen; Elana Lesser)
Movie/TV Titles	Wild Goose Chase (1932) A Wild Goose Chase (1919) The Wild Goose Chase (1915) Wild Goose Chase (1991)
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Commercial Usage: WILD GOOSE CHASE

Domain	Title
Books	A Wild Goose Chase (reference) Wild Goose Chase (reference) Wild Goose Chase - An Avalon Romance (reference) Wild Goose Chase (Super Simple Quilt Series) (reference) (more book examples)
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Expressions: WILD GOOSE CHASE

Expressions using "WILD GOOSE CHASE": A wild goose chase ♦ go on a wild goose chase ♦ send off on a wild goose chase. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: WILD GOOSE CHASE

Modern Translation: WILD GOOSE CHASE

Language		Translations for "WILD GOOSE CHASE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ndjekje e kotë. (various references)

Arabic		‏حملة ميئوس منها. (various references)

Bulgarian		глупаво търсене, безнадеждна работа, безплодно търсене. (various references)

French		courir partout comme fou (send off on a wild goose chase). (various references)

Hebrew		מבצע חסר תקו�". (various references)

Hungarian		hiábavaló fáradozás. (various references)

Pig Latin		ildway oosegay asechay

Romanian		umbla dupã potcoave de cai morţi (go on a wild goose chase). (various references)

Turkish		olmayacak şeyin peşinden koşma. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: WILD GOOSE CHASE

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Avena fatua, Dioscorea villosa, Equus asinus, Sus cristatus, Sus scrofa. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Anagrams: WILD GOOSE CHASE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-g-h-i-l-o-o-s-s-w"
	-4 letters: logaoedics.
	-5 letters: coalsheds, cogwheels, ecologies, eschewals, geodesics, lacewoods, locoweeds, logaoedic, shoelaces, showcased, solecised, solidagos, woolsheds.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
wild goose chase	14
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