wild goose

wild goose
[͵waıldʹgu:s]
дикий гусь

wild goose chase - напрасное стремление к чему-л.; погоня за недостижимым /за несбыточным/; химера


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  • Wild goose — Wild Wild, a. [Compar. {Wilder}; superl. {Wildest}.] [OE. wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG. wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild, bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild game, deer; of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wild goose chase — Wild Wild, a. [Compar. {Wilder}; superl. {Wildest}.] [OE. wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG. wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild, bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild game, deer; of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wild Goose (disambiguation) — Wild Goose can mean the following: *the pre Linnean name for the Greylag Goose ( anser ferus ) * The Wild Goose , a newspaper penned aboard the last convict ship to Australia *the British Royal Navy sloop HMS Wild Goose (U45) *the song De Wild… …   Wikipedia

  • wild goose chase — wild goose chases also wild goose chase N COUNT: usu on N If you are on a wild goose chase, you waste a lot of time searching for something that you have little chance of finding, because you have been given incorrect information. Harry wondered… …   English dictionary

  • Wild Goose Inn — (Лансинг,США) Категория отеля: Адрес: 512 Albert Avenue, Лансинг, MI 48823, США …   Каталог отелей

  • Wild Goose Lodge — (Stanley Bridge,Канада) Категория отеля: 4 звездочный отель Адрес: 292 Cape Road, C0B 1M0 Sta …   Каталог отелей

  • wild goose chase — wild goose .chase n a situation where you are looking for something that does not exist or that you are very unlikely to find, so that you waste a lot of time ▪ It looks like they ve sent us on a wild goose chase …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • wild goose chase — A wild goose chase is a waste of time time spent trying to do something unsuccessfully …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • wild-goose chase — n. any search, pursuit, or endeavor regarded as being as futile as trying to catch a wild goose by chasing it …   English World dictionary

  • wild-goose chase — wild′ goose′ chase n. a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable; a senseless pursuit • Etymology: 1585–95 …   From formal English to slang

  • wild-goose chase — wild goose ,chase noun count an attempt to find something that does not exist or that you are very unlikely to discover …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English


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