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| go on a wild-goose chase (Anglophile); gone with the wind (when he needs something from you he's constantly around but when you need him, he's gone with the wind! Рина Грант); you'll never find it (him, her, etc.) | |||
| he has bought a brush | |||
| like looking for a needle in a haystack; he has bought a brush (used to mean: one cannot find him (her) who is already gone, or the thing that disappeared, vanished); you can't catch the wind in a net; you might as well look for a needle in a haystack; go and chase the wind in the field; the wind cannot be caught in a net | |||
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| wild goose chase (fa158) | |||
| ищи ветра в поле: 6 phrases in 3 subjects |
| General | 2 |
| Idiomatic | 2 |
| Proverb | 2 |