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2 wild-goose chase
(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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1) ((of animals) not tamed: wolves and other wild animals.) divji2) ((of land) not cultivated.) divji3) (uncivilized or lawless; savage: wild tribes.) divji4) (very stormy; violent: a wild night at sea; a wild rage.) divji5) (mad, crazy, insane etc: wild with hunger; wild with anxiety.) blazen6) (rash: a wild hope.) divji7) (not accurate or reliable: a wild guess.) na slepo8) (very angry.) divji•- wildly- wildness
- wildfire: spread like wildfire
- wildfowl
- wild-goose chase
- wildlife
- in the wild
- the wilds
- the Wild West* * *I [wáild]1.adjective ( wildly adverb)divji, neukročen, neudomačen; neciviliziran, barbarski, neizobražen; plašen, plah, plašljiv (divjačina); neobljuden, pust, neobdelan (zemlja); neurejen, zmršen, skuštran (lasje); neobrzdan, razuzdan; svojeglav; figuratively razburjen, besen; buren, silovit; brezumen, nor, strasten; slučajen, naključen, nesmotrn, nepremišljen; colloquially hlepeč po, divji (nor) naa wild guess — čisto, golo ugibanjewild honey — divji, gozdni meda wild life — divje, razuzdano življenjewild pain — divja, blazna bolečinato drive s.o. wild — spraviti koga v besnost, razbesniti kogato settle down after a wild youth — umiriti se po vihravi mladosti;2.adverbdivje; nepremišljeno, brez glave; nesmotrno, tjavdanto run wild — divje rasti, figuratively rasti brez nadzorato shoot wild — streljati na slepo, brez ciljaII [wáild]noundivjina; (peščena) pustinja, puščava; neobdelana zemlja -
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[ eis] 1. verb1) (to run after; to pursue: He chased after them but did not catch them; We chased them by car.) loviti; zasledovati2) ((with away, off etc) to cause to run away: I often have to chase the boys away from my fruit trees.) pregnati2. noun1) (an act of chasing: We caught him after a 120 kph chase.) pregon2) (hunting (of animals): the pleasures of the chase.) lov•* * *I [čeis]nounlov, zasledovanje, preganjanje; lovišče, revir; lovski plen; preganjana ladjato be ( —ali have) in chase, to give chase — zasledovati koga, gnati se za komII [čeis]transitive verbloviti, zasledovati, preganjati, gnati se za kom; ( from) izgnaticolloquially poplakniti; American slang to chase o.s. — oditito chase all fear — pregnati ves strah, ne se več batiAmerican go chase yourself! — poberi se!III [čeis]1.transitive verbcizelirati, gravirati, vrezovati;2.nounbrazda, žlebič; puškina cev; okov (dragulja)IV [čeis]nounzaprt sestavek (za matriciranje)
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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
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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