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Which Shakespeare play did the phrase a wild goose chase come from?
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∙ 11y ago
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?
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∙ 11y agoRomeo and Juliet act 2
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