Practice Test Discussion

Directions: Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom / phrase/ word.

A wild goose chase

[SBI(PO), 2008]

An absurdly hopeless enterprise

A fuss over a trifling matter

To be insensitive to criticism

To speak boastfully of oneself

To protect oneself from wild animals

Explanation

The following are the meaning and sample sentence for the given idiom/ phrase/ word.

Meaning: A wild goose chase— An absurdly hopeless enterprise.

Sample sentence: His scheme of being a movie star is a wild-goose chase.

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