wild-goose chase in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wild-goose chase in the English»Serbian Dictionary

wild-'goose chase N

wild-goose chase (hopeless search)

beznadežna potraga

wild-goose chase (pointless venture)

besmislen poduhvat

Translations for wild-goose chase in the English»Serbian Dictionary

I.goose [guːs] N

1. goose < pl geese>:

goose

guska f

Phrases:

to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

ubiti zlatnu koku

to cook sb's goose

zapržiti nekome čorbu

II.goose [guːs] VB trans inf

1. goose Am (motivate):

goose

podstaći perf

2. goose Am (increase):

to goose up profits

povećati profit

III.goose [guːs] ADJ

goose

bezvredan

a goose egg Am fig inf

nula

I.wild [waɪld] ADJ

1. wild (not domesticated):

wild

nepripitomljen

wild cat, duck, goose

divlji

2. wild (uncultivated):

wild country, landscape

divlji

wild flowers

divlje cveće

3. wild (uncivilized):

wild people

necivilizovan

wild behaviour

nepristojan

4. wild:

wild (uncontrolled)

nekontrolisan

wild (disorderly) hair, lifestyle

neuredan

5. wild (stormy):

wild wind, weather

jak

wild wind, weather

surov

6. wild:

wild (excited)

neobuzdan

wild (not sensible)

mahnit

in wild rage

u slepom besu

7. wild inf (angry):

wild

razjaren

8. wild inf (enthusiastic):

to be wild about sb/sth

biti lud za nekim/nečim

9. wild:

wild (not accurate)

nasumičan

wild (imaginative)

maštovit

beyond one's wildest dreams

ni u nečijim najluđim snovima

Phrases:

wild horses couldn't make me do it

ni u ludilu ne bih to uradio

II.wild [waɪld] ADV

wild

podivljao

to run wild child, person

postati razuzdan

to run wild animals

podivljati

III.wild [waɪld] N

1. wild (natural environment):

the wild

divljina

2. wild fig (remote places):

the wilds pl

divljina a. fig

I.chase [tʃeɪs] N

1. chase (pursuit):

chase

potera f

to give chase to sb

krenuti u poteru za nekim

2. chase hunt:

chase

lov m

II.chase [tʃeɪs] VB intr

to chase after sb

progoniti nekog

to chase around

žuriti

III.chase [tʃeɪs] VB trans

1. chase (pursue):

chase

goniti

2. chase (scare away):

to chase away

odagnati

to chase off

rasterati

3. chase Brit inf (put under pressure):

to chase sb [up]

pritegnuti nekog

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Almost surely a wild-goose chase but still it was a nice day for a picnic.

www.telegraph.co.uk

A snipe hunt is a specific type of wild-goose chase, where a person embarks on an impossible search.

en.wikipedia.org