请教，这个idiom是啥意思？

[笨妈笨爸]

wide goose chase最早出现在威廉·莎士比亞的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》剧本中。

A wild goose chase is a pursuit that is likely to prove pointless and unfruitful, as in “We went on a wild goose chase for the antique store she told us about, but we just couldn't find it.” It may surprise you to learn that it actually has nothing to do with wild geese, despite the name.

This slang term references a type of horse race that was popular in some parts of England in the 16th century. In this race, the pack of horses would follow a leader, often adopting a formation that casually resembled a flock of geese. This was extremely challenging, and bettors often commented that it was difficult to predict the outcome of a wild goose chase, let alone profit from it.

When Shakespeare used it, he meant it in a metaphorical sense, referring to one of Romeo's harebrained plans as a “wild goose chase,” meaning that Romeo was embarking on an adventure that was likely to prove futile. He was referring to this as a situation in which one person sets a path that is difficult to follow, exactly like the lead horse in a wild goose chase. As often happened with colorful words and idioms in Shakespeare's work, the slang term was picked up by the general population.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-wild-goose-chase.htm

借题问一下：为什么不叫wild geese chase? 还有这个的复数形式是什么 three years olds or three years old's?

 

[familyman]

是啊，是啊，可怎么好呀 。 要不，就责成你把何夫人抢了来，送了村长去，反正夫人她闲着也是闲着

要是村长叫，不用抢，她自己送货上门

 

[familyman]

借题问一下：为什么不叫wild geese chase? 还有这个的复数形式是什么 three years olds or three years old's?

geese是复数

 

[ccc]

借题问一下：为什么不叫wild geese chase? 还有这个的复数形式是什么 three years olds or three years old's?

three-year-old adj., a three-year-old girl
three-year-olds n., something for three-year-olds

 

[laurie]

借题问一下：为什么不叫wild geese chase? 还有这个的复数形式是什么 three years olds or three years old's?

wild goose 合起来是形容词，修饰chase吧，所以不能用wild geese

 

[ccc]

组合名词，前面的名词都用单数。

a goose chase; a wild goose chase (wild, adj.)
a woman guitar teacher; a young woman guitar teacher (young, adj.)
woman guitar teachers; young woman guitar teachers

 

[raid]

组合名词，前面的名词都用单数。

a goose chase; a wild goose chase (wild, adj.)
a woman guitar teacher; a young woman guitar teacher (young, adj.)
woman guitar teachers; young woman guitar teachers

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谢村长，这种小知识很有用！

 

[ccc]

谢村长，这种小知识很有用！

不客气。
这个，有时候会乱。

• The third- and fourth-grade teachers met with the parents.
• Both full- and part-time employees will get raises this year.
• We don't see many 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children around here.

 

[Nancy2011]

谢谢大家！

 

[笨妈笨爸]

wild goose 合起来是形容词，修饰chase吧，所以不能用wild geese

组合名词，前面的名词都用单数。

a goose chase; a wild goose chase (wild, adj.)
a woman guitar teacher; a young woman guitar teacher (young, adj.)
woman guitar teachers; young woman guitar teachers

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感觉还是要看上下文什么的。比如那个goose chase 的典故，如果当初就是一群人骑马追一群鹅，那么就可以说 wild geese chase 瞎说的。不过，看这个
Exceptions:When we use certain nouns "as adjectives" (clothes, sports, customs, accounts, arms), we use them in the plural form:

• clothes shop, clothes shops
• sports club, sports clubs
• customs duty, customs duties
• accounts department, accounts departments
• arms production

 

[laurie]

感觉还是要看上下文什么的。比如那个goose chase 的典故，如果当初就是一群人骑马追一群鹅，那么就可以说 wild geese chase 瞎说的。不过，看这个
Exceptions:When we use certain nouns "as adjectives" (clothes, sports, customs, accounts, arms), we use them in the plural form:

• clothes shop, clothes shops
• sports club, sports clubs
• customs duty, customs duties
• accounts department, accounts departments
• arms production

好像上面这些词的复数，都是另一个词，比如： clothes 是衣服，cloth是布，arm是胳膊，arms是武器。另外几个不太清楚。

 

[uglyducking]

村长，在你开讲idiom之前，麻烦你先回答下，旧的吸尘器应该往哪儿扔呀？

还沃克吗？

 

[BuyFromUSA]

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村长，在你开讲idiom之前，麻烦你先回答下，旧的吸尘器应该往哪儿扔呀？

 

[ccc]

感觉还是要看上下文什么的。比如那个goose chase 的典故，如果当初就是一群人骑马追一群鹅，那么就可以说 wild geese chase 瞎说的。不过，看这个
Exceptions:When we use certain nouns "as adjectives" (clothes, sports, customs, accounts, arms), we use them in the plural form:

• clothes shop, clothes shops
• sports club, sports clubs
• customs duty, customs duties
• accounts department, accounts departments
• arms production

你这个，还真就是瞎说。那个棉衣品牌是Canada Goose而不是Canada Geese。

这几个是例外（Exceptions），英语中就这么用。严格说，只有两个例外：

• sports club, sports clubs
• accounts department, accounts departments

41楼给了你2个例子。另外，custom，习俗；customs, 海关

 

[TIFF]

还沃克吗？

不沃克了。