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wild-goose chase n it turned out to be a wild-goose chase ça n'a abouti à rien ; to send sb on a wild-goose chase faire chercher qn partout pour rien ; to lead sb on a wild-goose chase mettre qn sur une mauvaise piste. -
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fausse piste f;∎ to go on a wild-goose chase faire fausse piste;∎ you're on a wild-goose chase tu es sur une fausse piste, tu perds ton temps;∎ I was sent on a wild-goose chase on m'a envoyé courir au diable pour rienUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > wild-goose chase
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( 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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wild-goose chase1 dwaze/hopeloze onderneming♦voorbeelden: -
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wild-goose chase сумасбродная затея, погоня за недостижимым, за несбыточным -
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(an attempt to catch or find something one cannot possibly obtain.) búsqueda inútiltr[waɪld'gʊːsʧeɪs]1 búsqueda inútilwild-goose chase*n.• búsqueda inútil s.f.'waɪld'guːsI'm not going into town again on another wild-goose chase — no pienso ir otra vez al centro a perder el tiempo para nada
they sent him off on a wild-goose chase — lo mandaron a no sé qué tontería or (hum) a ver si llovía
* * *['waɪld'guːs]I'm not going into town again on another wild-goose chase — no pienso ir otra vez al centro a perder el tiempo para nada
they sent him off on a wild-goose chase — lo mandaron a no sé qué tontería or (hum) a ver si llovía
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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 -
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[ˌwaɪld'guːsˌtʃeɪs]to lead sb. on a wild-goose chase — mettere qcn. su una falsa traccia, depistare qcn
* * *(an attempt to catch or find something one cannot possibly obtain.) (tentativo inutile)* * *[ˌwaɪld'guːsˌtʃeɪs]to lead sb. on a wild-goose chase — mettere qcn. su una falsa traccia, depistare qcn
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{'waildgu:s,tʃeis}
n глупаво/безнадеждно/безплодно търсене, безнадеждна работа
to send someone on a WILD-GOOSE CHASE пращам някого за зелен хайвер* * *{'waildgu:s,tsheis} n глупаво/безнадеждно/безплодно т* * *1. n глупаво/безнадеждно/безплодно търсене, безнадеждна работа 2. to send someone on a wild-goose chase пращам някого за зелен хайвер -
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[ˌwaɪld'guːs tʃeɪs] -
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Погоня за химерами, сумасбродная затея, бессмысленное предприятие. Wild geese диких гусей особенно трудно поймать.They sent me to Moscow to look for a man called Ivan. It turned out to be a wild goose chase. — Они послали меня в Москву найти человека по имени Иван. Это оказалось пустой затеей.
English-Russian dictionary of expressions > wild goose chase
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(an attempt to catch or find something one cannot possibly obtain.) busca inútil* * *wild-goose chase[waild g'u:s tʃeis] n procura ou tentativa à toa, infrutífera. -
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(an attempt to catch or find something one cannot possibly obtain.) jalovo početje* * *[wáildgu:s čéis]nounlov na divje gosi; figuratively jalovo početje, brezuspešen trudto run a wild-goose chase — loviti, poditi se, iskati izmišljotine -
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > wild-goose chase
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1) Общая лексика: охота за призраками2) Дипломатический термин: напрасная затея3) Макаров: химера, напрасное стремление (к чему-л.) -
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Общая лексика: погоня за недостижимым, погоня за несбыточным, сумасбродная затея -
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сумасбродная затея, погоня за недостижимым, за несбыточнымАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > wild-goose chase
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מרדף אחר הבלתי אפשרי, מרדף שווא* * *◙ אווש ףדרמ,ירשפא יתלבה רחא ףדרמ◄ -
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(an attempt to catch or find something one cannot possibly obtain.) vildspor* * *(an attempt to catch or find something one cannot possibly obtain.) vildspor
См. также в других словарях:
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 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 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
wild goose chase — 1592, first attested in Romeo and Juliet, where it evidently is a figurative use of an earlier (but unrecorded) literal sense in reference to a kind of follow the leader steeplechase … Etymology dictionary
wild goose chase — ► NOUN ▪ a foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable … English terms dictionary
wild-goose chase — see wild goose chase … English dictionary
wild-goose chase — noun the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable • Hypernyms: ↑pursuit, ↑pursuance, ↑quest * * * noun Etymology: so called from the characteristic flight of wild geese in a group spaced at intervals behind a leader that sets the course 1.… … Useful english dictionary