🪿 Goose
"Wild goose chase"
Meaning
A long and useless search.
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
We searched for Dad's glasses for an hour, but they were on his head. It was a wild goose chase.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
A long and useless search.
More goose idioms
GooseIdiom
"Wild goose chase"
A long and useless search for something that is hard or impossible to find.
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.