wild goose

That you are trying every day, without witnesses, without even neighbors, and still you can’t bring yourself to care about wild geese.

In Chicago, 86% of ShotSpotter-prompted “gunfire” deployments turned out to be wild goose chases.

People might well have argued that it was a waste of money to send Christopher Columbus on a wild goose chase.

"If you tell me to I s'pose I must, but I think it's a wild-goose chase anyhow," was the disapproving answer.

"I like him well enough to go on a wild-goose chase in search of him," the lady replied.

Miss Waller instantly denounced the scheme as a wild-goose chase, asserting that May was certain to lose her way.

At the top of the table sat Mr Grave, indistinctly visible through the steam that rose from the wild-goose before him.

The Indian would imitate the cry of the wild goose to attract the white hunter into the woods, where he would spring upon him.