wild goose chasen.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪl(d) ˈɡuːs tʃeɪs/, U.S.

/ˌwaɪl(d) ˈɡus ˌtʃeɪs/

†1. A kind of horse race or sport in which the second or any succeeding horse had to follow accurately the course of the leader (at a definite interval), like a flight of wild geese. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race

wild-goose race1594

wild goose chase1597

bell-course1607

Palio1673

stake1696

paddock course1705

handicap1751

by-match1759

pony race1765

give and take plate1769

sweepstake1773

steeplechase1793

mile-heat1802

steeple race1809

welter1820

trotting-race1822

scurry1824

walkover1829

steeple hunt1831

set-to1840

sky race1840

flat race1848

trot1856

grind1857

feeler1858

nursery1860

waiting race1868

horse-trot1882

selling plate1888

flying milea1893

chase1894

flying handicap1894

prep1894

selling race1898

point-to-point1902

seller1922

shoo-in1928

daily double1930

bumper1946

selling chase1965

tiercé1981

1597 [see sense 2].

1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing sig. B4 Esteeme a horse, according to his pace, But loose no wagers on a wilde goose chase.

1604 H. Spurway in Trevelyan Papers (Camden) 60 The King hath beene latelye at Royston, at a wilgosse chase.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iv. 342 Horse-races, wilde-goose chases, which are the disports of greater men.

1697 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 4) v. vii. 65 Others choose to hunt the Hare..and then to run these Wild-goose Chase.

2. figurative. An erratic course taken or led by one person (or thing) and followed (or that may be followed) by another (or taken by a person in following his own inclinations or impulses); in later use (the origin being forgotten) apprehended as ‘a pursuit of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose’ (Johnson); a foolish, fruitless, or hopeless quest.

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

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > a caprice or whim > capricious action

conceitc1520

giddiness1593

wild-goose race1594

wild goose chase1597

tricka1616

vagary1711

cantrip1719

quipa1822

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 66 Nay if thy wits runne the wildgoose chase, I haue done: for I am sure thou hast more of the goose in one of thy wits, than I haue in al my fiue.

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) i. sig. C I have had a fine fegary, The rarest,Wild-goose chase.

1646 G. Daniel Addr. in Poems 48 We pursue A Wild-goose-Chase, to what none ever knew.

1656 R. Fletcher Poems in Ex Otio Negotium 202 No hints of truth on foot? no sparks of grace? No late sprung light? to dance the wild-goose chase?

1662 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1920) Apr. 257 If you cannot reason him to what may bee for his good..let him goe the wild goosechase.

1673 B. Makin Ess. to revive Antient Educ. Gentlewomen 37 If we should dance that wild-Goose-chase usually led, it would require longer time.

1754 H. Walpole Corr. 20 Nov. (1973) XXXV. 192 Don't let me think, that if you return, you will set out upon every wild-goose chase, sticking to nothing.

1876 F. E. Trollope Charming Fellow xii His journey to London on such slender encouragement is a wild-goose chase!

1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay vii. 110 ‘I see you have found nothing,’ exclaimed Lady Gethin... ‘It was a wild goose chase,’ he replied with a weary look.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wild goose chase
释义	wild goose chasen. Brit. /ˌwʌɪl(d) ˈɡuːs tʃeɪs/, U.S. /ˌwaɪl(d) ˈɡus ˌtʃeɪs/ †1. A kind of horse race or sport in which the second or any succeeding horse had to follow accurately the course of the leader (at a definite interval), like a flight of wild geese. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race wild-goose race1594 wild goose chase1597 bell-course1607 Palio1673 stake1696 paddock course1705 handicap1751 by-match1759 pony race1765 give and take plate1769 sweepstake1773 steeplechase1793 mile-heat1802 steeple race1809 welter1820 trotting-race1822 scurry1824 walkover1829 steeple hunt1831 set-to1840 sky race1840 flat race1848 trot1856 grind1857 feeler1858 nursery1860 waiting race1868 horse-trot1882 selling plate1888 flying milea1893 chase1894 flying handicap1894 prep1894 selling race1898 point-to-point1902 seller1922 shoo-in1928 daily double1930 bumper1946 selling chase1965 tiercé1981 1597 [see sense 2]. 1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing sig. B4 Esteeme a horse, according to his pace, But loose no wagers on a wilde goose chase. 1604 H. Spurway in Trevelyan Papers (Camden) 60 The King hath beene latelye at Royston, at a wilgosse chase. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iv. 342 Horse-races, wilde-goose chases, which are the disports of greater men. 1697 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 4) v. vii. 65 Others choose to hunt the Hare..and then to run these Wild-goose Chase. 2. figurative. An erratic course taken or led by one person (or thing) and followed (or that may be followed) by another (or taken by a person in following his own inclinations or impulses); in later use (the origin being forgotten) apprehended as ‘a pursuit of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose’ (Johnson); a foolish, fruitless, or hopeless quest. 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 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > a caprice or whim > capricious action conceitc1520 giddiness1593 wild-goose race1594 wild goose chase1597 tricka1616 vagary1711 cantrip1719 quipa1822 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 66 Nay if thy wits runne the wildgoose chase, I haue done: for I am sure thou hast more of the goose in one of thy wits, than I haue in al my fiue. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) i. sig. C I have had a fine fegary, The rarest,Wild-goose chase. 1646 G. Daniel Addr. in Poems 48 We pursue A Wild-goose-Chase, to what none ever knew. 1656 R. Fletcher Poems in Ex Otio Negotium 202 No hints of truth on foot? no sparks of grace? No late sprung light? to dance the wild-goose chase? 1662 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1920) Apr. 257 If you cannot reason him to what may bee for his good..let him goe the wild goosechase. 1673 B. Makin Ess. to revive Antient Educ. Gentlewomen 37 If we should dance that wild-Goose-chase usually led, it would require longer time. 1754 H. Walpole Corr. 20 Nov. (1973) XXXV. 192 Don't let me think, that if you return, you will set out upon every wild-goose chase, sticking to nothing. 1876 F. E. Trollope Charming Fellow xii His journey to London on such slender encouragement is a wild-goose chase! 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay vii. 110 ‘I see you have found nothing,’ exclaimed Lady Gethin... ‘It was a wild goose chase,’ he replied with a weary look. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1597
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