🪿 Goose
"Wild goose chase"
Meaning
A long and useless search for something that is hard or impossible to find.
About the goose
Geese honk loudly and appear in stories about unexpected windfalls, which is why their idioms cover foolish behavior and sudden luck.
Example sentence
Looking for the shop without asking for directions turned into a wild goose chase.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
A long and useless search for something that is hard or impossible to find.
More goose idioms
GooseIdiom
"Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs"
To destroy something valuable by being greedy.
GooseIdiom
"Your goose is cooked"
You are in serious trouble or your plan has failed.
GooseIdiom
"Cook someone's goose"
To ruin someone's plans or chances.
GooseIdiom
"Wild goose chase"
A long and useless search for something that is hard or impossible to find.
GooseIdiom
"Wild goose chase"
A long and useless search.