Idiom: Wild goose chase

Today’s episode is for Friday, December 18, 2020. Our idiom today is ‘wild goose chase.’  If you send someone on a wild goose chase, you cause them to search for or pursue something, but they will have no success. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link: https://bit.ly/aeWildGooseChase Want to keep your English knowledge sharp? Try my Weekly Quizzes. Visit ArtisanEnglish.jp and go to the Weekly Quizzes page. (https://bit.ly/ThursQuizzes) I also offer 20-minute lessons twice a month for anyone. All you have to do is sign up to win. Look under Book a Private Lesson at ArtisanEnglish.jp for Saturday Free-For-Anyone (https://bit.ly/Saturday-Free-Lesson) and Sunday Free-For-Anyone (https://bit.ly/SundayFreeLesson). Here are some other terms that may have been new for you today: Off the bat: The idiom off the bat originates in America and means immediately. In baseball, a player runs immediately after the ball bounces off the bat. https://bit.ly/aeOffTheBat Exercise in futility: If something is described as an exercise in futility, it means that all efforts are useless and will never achieve success. https://bit.ly/aeExerciseInFutility