en wild goose chase

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: CC-CEDICT 2017-10, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • es búsqueda inútil (n, act) ➜
  • fi epäonnistumaan tuomittu yritys (n, act) ➜
  • ja だめ (n, act) ➜
  • th การหาหนวดเต่าเขากระต่าย (n, act) ➜
  • en merry dance (n) ➜
  • de ein sinnloses unterfangen ➜
  • de fruchtloses unterfangen ➜
  • en merry dance ➜
  • es búsqueda inútil ➜
  • fi hukkareissu ➜
  • fi neulan etsiminen heinäsuovasta ➜
  • he מרדף שווא ➜
  • ka ველური ბაჭიანი დევნა ➜
  • pl szukanie wiatru w polu ➜
  • zh 徒劳 ➜
  • zh 竹篮打水 ➜
  • zh 鑽牛角 ➜
  • zh 鑽牛角尖 ➜
  • zh 钻牛角 ➜
  • zh 钻牛角尖 ➜

Related terms

  • en wild goose chases (n) ➜
  • en cake is lie ➜
  • en chase rainbow (v) ➜
  • en flash in pan ➜
  • en lost errand ➜
  • en red herring (n) ➜
  • en tilt at windmills (v) ➜
  • en wild goose ➜
  • en cake is lie ➜
  • en errand ➜
  • en fruitless ➜
  • en futile ➜
  • en pursuit ➜
  • en red herring ➜
  • en search ➜
  • en tilt at windmills ➜
  • en useless ➜
  • fi hukkareissu (n) ➜
  • is fýluferð (n) ➜

Word forms

  • en wild goose chases (n) ➜

wild goose chase is a type of…

  • en pursuit (n, cognition) ➜

Derived from

  • en chase (n) ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 100321568-n
  • en.wiktionary.org wild-goose chase
  • en.wiktionary.org wild goose chase
  • fr.wiktionary.org wild-goose chase
  • fr.wiktionary.org wild goose chase
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