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|wild |goose chase-명사1.부질없는 시도[추구], 헛된 노력

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명사

1.부질없는 시도[추구], 헛된 노력

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wild goose chase ( wild-goose chase 

  • If you are on a wild goose chase, you waste a lot of time searching for something that you have little chance of finding, because you have been given incorrect information.

Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

wild-goose chas.

  • 1. [Noun] (figuratively) A futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy pursuit.
  • 2. [Noun] A task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome.

 

a wild goose chase

  • a (long) search for something that you cannot find because you have been given the wrong information

You are on a wild goose chase-당신은 헛수고를 하고 있다.

wild goose chase-헛된노력, 부질없는 시도

직역하면 '기러기 쫓아가기'라는 뜻으로 hopeless pursuit(희망없는 추구), vain attempt(헛시도)

wasted effort(무의미한 노력), waste of time(시간 낭비), wildcat scheme(허망한 계획)을 의미합니다.

 

Their attempt turned out be a wild goose chase.

그들의 시도는 헛수고로 돌아갔다

It will be a wild goose chase to do this without a plan

이것을 계획없이 하는 것은 헛된 시도가 될 것이다.