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Definition von wild-goose chase im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch
- wild-goose chase
- olmayacak şeyin peşinden koşma
- wild-goose chase
- beyhude bir arayış
- wild goose chase
- boşa kürek çekme
- go on a wild goose chase
- (deyim) Olmayacak bir şeyin peşinden koşmak
- go on a wild goose chase
- vahşi bir kaz takip devam
- wild goose chase
- zaman kaybı
looking for a perfect job is a wild goose chase.
- wild goose chase
- (deyim) Boşa kürek çekme, boşa uğraşma
- wild goose chase
- olmayacak şeyin peşinden koşma
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Englisch - Englisch
Definition von wild-goose chase im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- wild-goose chase
- A task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome
Diagnosing this software application's problems is a wild-goose chase because it is built in an environment that has poor debugging tools.
- wild-goose chase
- A futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy pursuit
I went on a wild-goose chase all over the town looking for that adapter until I discovered they no longer make them.
- wild-goose chase
- the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable
- wild goose chase
- Alternative spelling of wild-goose chase
- wild-goose chases
- plural form of wild-goose chase
- wild goose chase
- (deyim) A waste of time, a long chase without result
- wild goose chase
- (deyim) 1. (figuratively) A futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy pursuit.2. A task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome
1. I went on a wild-goose chase all over the town looking for that adapter until I discovered they no longer make them. 2. Diagnosing this software application's problems is a wild-goose chase because it is built in an environment that has poor debugging.
- wild goose chase
- pursuit of something which is extremely unlikely to be attained, searching in vain
- wild goose chase
- 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 if Potts had deliberately sent him on a wild goose chase. 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
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wild-goose chase
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wild-goose ChaseSynonyme
bootless errand, lost cause, merry chase, red herring, snipe hunt, vain attempt, wasted effort, wasted labor, waste of timeAussprache
Etymologie
() Early recorded use refers to a type of 16th century horse race where everyone had to try to follow the erratic course of the lead horse, like wild geese have to follow their leader in formation. Mentioned in Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy (1621). Common use in the current may be the origin for the sport sense., archive of Phrasefinder.orgResimler
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