Nov

Wild-goose chase

A wild-goose chase refers to a situation where you waste time looking for something that you are not going to find, either because that thing does not exist or because you have been given wrong information about it.

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From TV shows, movies and novels

The Bold and the Beautiful

Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan) used the phrase “a wild goose chase” while she was with Ronn Moss(Ridge Forrester) , Lesli Kay (Felicia Forrester) , Susan Flannery(Stephanie Douglas Forrester) and Winsor Harmon (Thorne Forrester) in one of the longest serving american soap operas ”The Bold and the Beautiful” as shown below:

Prison Break

William Fichtner (Alexander Mahone) used the phrase “a goose chase” while talking to Wentworth Miller (Michael Scofield) in season 3, episode 4 (Good Fences) of Prison Break as shown below: