A "wild goose chase" is a figurative expression relating to the pursuit of something you likely cannot or did not realize.
A fruitless pursuit of something that is unattainable
It means to go crazy!! WE GO BUCK-WILD!!!!!
a civilized boy
The word wild can mean undomesticated, as an animal (wildlife), or natural, primitive, or uncivilized conditions (wilderness). It can also mean uncontrolled (gone wild), or undisciplined (as in wild behavior). The word is also applied subjectively to mean foolish, unwise, or ill-conceived (wild ideas, wild experiments). It can also mean random (wild guess, wild shot).
Oh honey, the prefix for "own" is simply "own-" itself. It's like asking for the prefix of "apple" - there ain't one, it's just "apple." So, no need to go on a wild goose chase for something that ain't there!
Wild and untamed Wild and untamed
Wycliffe's Wild Goose Chase was created in 1982.
The Wild Goose Chase - film - was created on 1915-05-27.
He probably did not originate the term, as it must have started as a game, like a greased pig chase. Shakespeare did however use the phrase in Romeo and Juliet, which would have popularized it. Mercutio says: Nay, if thy wits run the wild-goose chase, I have done, for thou hast more of the wild-goose in one of thy wits than, I am sure, I have in my whole five: was I with you there for the goose?
The Wild Goose Chase - 1915 was released on: USA: 27 May 1915
The Wild Goose Chase - 1932 was released on: USA: 12 August 1932
"You got me on a wild goose chase" means that someone has led you on a futile or pointless quest, often resulting in wasted time and effort. The phrase suggests that the pursuit was misguided or based on false information, leading to frustration. It typically conveys a sense of annoyance at being misled or having expectations that were not met.
After hours of struggling through the dense jungle, on what was turning out to be a fruitless search for the lost city, I rather began to suspect that I'd been sent on a wild goose chase.
Go on a wild goose chase!
It is a idiom.
In "Romeo and Juliet," Shakespeare uses the phrase to refer specifically to an erratic course taken by one person and followed by another. Later Samuel Johnson defined the phrase in his dictionary as "a pursuit of something as unlikely to be caught as a wild goose." So, over time the phrase has come to describe any fruitless pursuit.
ana is a foolish person
Dirty Jobs - 2005 Wild Goose Chase 3-17 was released on: USA: 28 August 2007 Australia: 16 July 2008