Polyglot Dictionary

wild goose chase

/waɪld guːs tʃeɪs/

noun C1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. búsqueda inútil

    • The investigation turned out to be a wild goose chase.

      La investigación resultó ser una búsqueda inútil.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

quest

A quest is a general search or journey, often noble; a wild goose chase is specifically a search that turns out to be hopeless and futile.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa wild goose chase?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: The investigation turned out to be a wild goose ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a wild goose chase?

noun

Last updated