| 单词 | rainbow chase |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrainbow chase rainbow chase n. figurative a quest which is pointless because its object is illusory. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > a profitless undertaking wild-goose race1594 wild goose chase1597 fool's erranda1629 job1680 water haul1823 rainbow chase1840 Sisyphism1846 blind alley1854 fool's gold1870 mug's game1900 Saltash luck1914 dead end1922 boondoggle1947 1840 Knickerbocker Dec. 543 (title) The Rainbow Chase. c1843 C. Brontë Poems (1984) 253 I Now had only to retrace The long and lonely road So lately in the rainbow chase With fearless ardour trod. 1886 St. James's Gaz. 2 June 10 A fact which had led Mr. Rylands off a rainbow-chase after a visionary Chancellorship. 2003 Scotsman (Nexis) 4 July 28 The next phase of the sector's rainbow chase is now definitely consolidation to ease the pain. < as lemmas |
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