| 单词 | to chase one's tail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto chase one's tail i. to chase one's tail, to indulge in a futile pursuit; to go round in circles. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort on something futile to shoe the goose14.. to send (also carry, etc.) owls to Athens1548 to break, crush, a fly upon the wheel1606 to carry coals to Newcastlea1614 to bang (also run, bash, etc.) one's head against a brick wall1689 to preach to the converted1857 to be on a hiding to nothing1905 to chase one's tail1963 1963 Times 14 May 8/4 ‘We have been chasing our tails overlong,’ he said. ‘Given a Labour Government committed to the principles of equity and justice, a coordinated wages policy may be possible.’ 1973 Archivum Linguisticum 4 35 Is anything indeed to be gained from hunting for some notion embodying the cumulate surface exponency of..transitive and perfective..? It is all too easy at times to chase our conceptual tail. < as lemmas |
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