Wild-Goose Jake worked hard, and sustained a pleasant talk by himself.
The truth is, Lou, it is years and years since I have been on one of these wild-goose chases with Tom.
To send out the lifeboat upon such a wild-goose chase would be to turn himself into a laughing-stock.
Besides, no woman is worth what you are risking in this wild-goose chase.
To pursue them seemed a wild-goose chase, and a costly one, in which there was much to spend and little to gain.