wild goose

a wild goose chase a foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable.

☞ This expression is first recorded in the late 16th century. It was then the term for a kind of equestrian sport in which all the competitors had to follow accurately the course of the leader at definite intervals, like a flight of wild geese. Later, the term was applied to an erratic course taken by one person or thing and followed by another.

2013New Statesman Journals full of happy accidents send future researchers off on wild goose chases, or cost them money and time trying to replicate, which they can never quite do.

词组	wild goose
释义	wild goose a wild goose chase a foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable. ☞ This expression is first recorded in the late 16th century. It was then the term for a kind of equestrian sport in which all the competitors had to follow accurately the course of the leader at definite intervals, like a flight of wild geese. Later, the term was applied to an erratic course taken by one person or thing and followed by another. 2013New Statesman Journals full of happy accidents send future researchers off on wild goose chases, or cost them money and time trying to replicate, which they can never quite do.
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