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Welcome to English in a minute.
This is a goose wild goose chase.
Oh, boy.
Why are Ana and Jonathan chasing waterfowl?
Hey, how was your weekend?
Well, I spent it with my friends who are trying to find the perfect spot for their wedding.
That sounds fun.
Or maybe not.
It was a wild goose chase.
He wants a big place.
She wants a small place.
He wants city.
She wants country.
So did they find a blue?
No.
In fact, they decided to wait.
A wild goose chase is a search for the impossible.
The expression comes from Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet.
Back then, it describes a kind of horse race.
But these days it just means Ah, hopeless and frustrating search.
And that's English in a minute.