wild goose chase — перевод идиомы:
бессмысленная, сумасбродная, напрасная затея; пустая трата времени, не имеющая никаких шансов на успех; погоня за недостижимым, за несбыточным
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Wild goose chase (буквально: погоня за диким гусем)
Oh, boy! Why are Anna and Jonathan chasing waterfowl?
Боже мой! Зачем Анна и Джонатан устроили погоню за этой водоплавающей птицей?
Hey, how was your weekend?
Привет, как прошли выходные?
Well, I spent it with my friends who are trying to find the perfect spot for their wedding.
Ну, я провела их со своими друзьями, которые пытаются найти идеальное место для своей свадьбы.
That sounds. fun. Or maybe not?
Это кажется. забавным делом. Или, может быть, нет?
It was a wild goose chase. He wants a big place. She wants a small place. He wants city. She wants country.
Это было напрасной затеей. Он хочет устроить большое торжество на большом пространстве. Она хочет, чтобы пространство было маленьким. Он хочет, чтобы это происходило в городе. Она хочет, чтобы загородом.
So did they find a place?
Так они нашли место?
No. in fact, they decided to wait.
Нет. на самом деле они решили подождать.
A «wild goose chase» is a search for the impossible.
Выражение «wild goose chase» означает поиск невозможного.
This expression comes from Shakespeare’s play «Romeo and Juliet.» Back then, it described a kind of horse race.
Это выражение взято из пьесы Шекспира «Ромео и Джульетта». В те времена оно обозначало особый вид лошадиных скачек.
But these days, it just means a hopeless — and frustrating — search.
Но в наши дни оно просто означает безнадежные — и разочаровывающие — поиски.
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Несколько слов о том, каким был вид лошадиных скачек, к которому во времена Шекспира относилось выражение «wild goose chase«. В этой скачке лошади оправлялись за первой лошадью через равные промежутки времени, причем первая лошадь отправлялась в произвольном направлении. При этом всадники, не зная, куда направился всадник на первой лошади, скакали в разные стороны, имитируя тем самым стаю диких гусей, которых вспугнули с места и которые пытаются прибиться к своему вожаку.
Перевод wild goose chase перевод идиомы
Wild goose chase — Wild Wild, a. [Compar.
wild goose chase — wild goose chases also wild goose chase N COUNT: usu on N 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. Harry wondered… … English dictionary
wild goose chase — wild goose .chase n a situation where you are looking for something that does not exist or that you are very unlikely to find, so that you waste a lot of time ▪ It looks like they ve sent us on a wild goose chase … Dictionary of contemporary English
wild goose chase — A wild goose chase is a waste of time time spent trying to do something unsuccessfully … The small dictionary of idiomes
wild-goose chase — n. any search, pursuit, or endeavor regarded as being as futile as trying to catch a wild goose by chasing it … English World dictionary
wild-goose chase — wild′ goose′ chase n. a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable; a senseless pursuit • Etymology: 1585–95 … From formal English to slang
wild-goose chase — wild goose ,chase noun count an attempt to find something that does not exist or that you are very unlikely to discover … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wild goose chase — 1592, first attested in Romeo and Juliet, where it evidently is a figurative use of an earlier (but unrecorded) literal sense in reference to a kind of follow the leader steeplechase … Etymology dictionary
wild goose chase — ► NOUN ▪ a foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable … English terms dictionary
wild-goose chase — noun the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable • Hypernyms: ↑pursuit, ↑pursuance, ↑quest * * * noun Etymology: so called from the characteristic flight of wild geese in a group spaced at intervals behind a leader that sets the course 1.… … Useful english dictionary
wild goose chase — A wild goose chase is a waste of time time spent trying to do something unsuccessfully. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If someone is sent on a wild goose chase, they waste their time looking for something that there is little chance… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Перевод wild goose chase перевод идиомы
Wild goose chase — Wild Wild, a. [Compar.
wild goose chase — wild goose chases also wild goose chase N COUNT: usu on N 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. Harry wondered… … English dictionary
wild goose chase — wild goose .chase n a situation where you are looking for something that does not exist or that you are very unlikely to find, so that you waste a lot of time ▪ It looks like they ve sent us on a wild goose chase … Dictionary of contemporary English
wild goose chase — A wild goose chase is a waste of time time spent trying to do something unsuccessfully … The small dictionary of idiomes
wild-goose chase — n. any search, pursuit, or endeavor regarded as being as futile as trying to catch a wild goose by chasing it … English World dictionary
wild-goose chase — wild′ goose′ chase n. a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable; a senseless pursuit • Etymology: 1585–95 … From formal English to slang
wild-goose chase — wild goose ,chase noun count an attempt to find something that does not exist or that you are very unlikely to discover … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wild goose chase — 1592, first attested in Romeo and Juliet, where it evidently is a figurative use of an earlier (but unrecorded) literal sense in reference to a kind of follow the leader steeplechase … Etymology dictionary
wild goose chase — ► NOUN ▪ a foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable … English terms dictionary
wild-goose chase — noun the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable • Hypernyms: ↑pursuit, ↑pursuance, ↑quest * * * noun Etymology: so called from the characteristic flight of wild geese in a group spaced at intervals behind a leader that sets the course 1.… … Useful english dictionary
wild goose chase — A wild goose chase is a waste of time time spent trying to do something unsuccessfully. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If someone is sent on a wild goose chase, they waste their time looking for something that there is little chance… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions