The Afghan strategy review has been too public and taken too long; the Middle East peace hunt has become a wild goose chase.

阿富汗战略回顾过于高调并耗时过长，寻求中东和平的努力变得徒劳无功。

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Often, the search for a skilful manager turns out to be a wild-golden-goose chase.

通常，对有技巧的经理的搜寻最终都是徒劳无功。

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The reporter was sent on a wild goose chase, for the monster he was to investigate had never really existed.

记者被派了去作徒劳无益的调查，因为他要查寻的怪物根本不存在。

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For half an hour, Rousselot walked around in the vicinity, wondering if the woman who lived with Morini had sent him on a wild goose chase, until eventually he began to feel tired and headed for the port.

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Prosecutors scoffed at such a possibility, noting that Mans had already faked his own kidnapping, offered a bribe for his release, and sent police on a wild goose-chase pertaining to the diamonds.

FORBES: Jailed Ponzi Schemer: Set Me Free And I'll Show You My $10 Million Diamond Stash