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wild-goose chase
Noun
figuratively
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
徒労（むろう）: 結果が得られない、無駄な努力や捜索をすること / 無益な探求: 価値に見合わない複雑な手順を経ても報われない行動 / 無駄な捜索: 成果のない、むだな作業や追求
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(figuratively) A futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome.
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wild-goose chase
Chasing after one unreliable lead turned our investigation into a wild-goose chase that wasted weeks.
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Chasing after one unreliable lead turned our investigation into a wild-goose chase that wasted weeks.
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