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1 wild-goose chase
noun(fig.): (hopeless quest) aussichtslose Suche* * *(an attempt to catch or find something one cannot possibly obtain.) vergebliche Mühe* * *n (hopeless search) aussichtslose Suche; (pointless venture) fruchtloses [o hoffnungsloses] Unterfangento send sb [off] on a \wild-goose chase jdn für nichts und wieder nichts losschicken famthe police had been sent on a \wild-goose chase man hatte die Polizei einem Phantom nachjagen lassen* * *wild-goose chase s fig vergebliche Mühe, fruchtloses Unterfangen* * *noun(fig.): (hopeless quest) aussichtslose Suche -
2 wild-goose chase
( hopeless search) aussichtslose Suche;( pointless venture) fruchtloses [o hoffnungsloses] Unterfangen;to send sb [off] on a \wild-goose chase jdn für nichts und wieder nichts losschicken ( fam)the police had been sent on a \wild-goose chase man hatte die Polizei einem Phantom nachjagen lassen
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