wild-goose chase

a worthless hunt or chase; a futile pursuit. I wasted all afternoon on a wild-goose chase. John was angry because he was sent out on a wild-goose chase.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
BlaŽEnka	-	Croatian
Grady	GRAY-dee	Irish, English
Premislav	-	Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)
Yuriy	YOO-ree (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Chiara	kee-AH-rah	Italian
Dilip	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam