'Wild Goose Chase', Meaning & Context Of Shakespeare Phrase

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Famous Shakespeare QuotesA Blessing In Disguise’‘A Blinking Idiot’‘A Charmed Life’‘A Dime A Dozen’‘A Grain Of Salt'‘A Laughing Stock’‘A Piece Of Cake’‘A Plague On Both Your Houses’‘A Pound of Flesh’‘A Rose By Any Other Name’‘A Twice-Told Tale’‘Add Insult To Injury'‘Alarums And Excursions'‘All Of A Sudden’'All Roads Lead To Rome'‘All That Glitters Is Not Gold’‘All The World’s A Stage’‘Apple Of My Eye’‘As Dead As A Doornail’‘As Luck Would Have It’‘As Old As Methuselah'‘As Right As Rain’‘Barking Up The Wrong Tree’‘Bated Breath’‘Be All And End All’‘Be Still My Beating Heart’‘Best Thing Since Sliced Bread’‘Better Late Than Never’‘Bite The Bullet'‘Black And Blue''Boil The Frog'‘Born With A Silver Spoon In Your Mouth'‘Brave New World’‘Break A Leg’‘Break The Ice’‘Brevity Is The Soul Of Wit’‘Bury The Hatchet’‘By The Skin Of My Teeth’‘Cakes And Ale'‘Call A Spade A Spade’‘Call It A Day’‘Clothes Make The Man'‘Come What May’‘Common Or Garden’‘Count Your Blessings’‘Cruel To Be Kind’‘Cry Havoc’‘Cut To The Chase’‘Cutting Corners'‘Discretion Is The Better Part Of Valor’‘Dogs of War’‘Double Double Toil and Trouble’‘Drives Me Up The Wall’ ‘Dudgeon’‘Easy Does It’‘Eat, Drink and Be Merry’‘Elbow Room’‘Every Dog Has Its Day’‘Et Tu Brute’‘Even A Worm Will Turn'‘Face The Music''Faint Heart Never Won Fair Maiden'‘Fair Is Foul And Foul Is Fair’‘Fair Play'‘Fancy Free'‘Fight Fire With Fire’‘Flat Out’‘Flesh and Blood’‘Flog A Dead Horse'‘For Goodness Sake’‘Foregone Conclusion’‘Forever And A Day’‘Foul Play’‘Frailty, Thy Name Is Woman’‘Full Circle’‘Get Carried Away’‘Get Thee To A Nunnery’‘Gild The Lilly’‘Give The Devil His Due’‘Go Cold Turkey'‘Go Down In Flames'‘Good Night Sweet Prince’‘Good Riddance’‘Green Eyed Monster’‘Hand To Mouth’‘He Who Sups With The Devil Should Have A Long Spoon’‘Heart of Gold’‘Heavy Is The Head That Wears The Crown’‘Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned’‘High Time’‘Hit The Sack’‘Hoisted By His Own Petard’‘Hot Blooded’‘I Have A Bridge In Brooklyn To Sell To You’‘If Music Be The Food Of Love'‘In A Nutshell’‘In A Pickle’‘In Cold Blood’‘In My Heart Of Hearts’‘It’s Greek To Me’‘Jump The Shark'‘Kick The Bucket’‘Kill With Kindness’‘Let The Cat Out Of The Bag’‘Let’s Kill All The Lawyers'‘Lie Low’‘Lily-Livered’‘Lose Your Marbles’‘Love Is Blind’‘Make Your Hair Stand on End'‘Making The Beast With Two Backs'‘Melted Into Thin Air’‘Mind Your Ps and Qs’‘Mind’s Eye’‘Mum’s The Word’‘Murder Most Foul'‘My Kingdom For A Horse’‘Neither A Borrower Nor A Lender Be’‘Neither Here Nor There’‘Night Owl’‘No Man Is An Island’‘No Pain No Gain’‘Not Over Until The Fat Lady Sings’‘Not Slept One Wink’‘Nothing New Under The Sun’‘Oh What A Tangled Web We Weave’‘Once Bitten Twice Shy’‘Once In A Blue Moon’‘One Fell Swoop’‘Open A Pandora’s Box’‘Out Brief Candle’‘Out Damn Spot’‘Outrageous Fortune’‘Over The Hill’‘Paint The Town Red'‘Par For The Course'‘Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow’‘Piece Of Work’‘Pitched Battle'‘Play It By Ear’‘Poisoned Chalice’‘Pomp and Circumstance'‘Practise What You Preach’‘Raining Cats And Dogs’‘Round the Bend'‘Salad Days'‘Screw Your Courage To The Sticking Place'‘Sea Change’‘Set My Teeth On Edge'‘Short Shrift'‘Shuffle Off This Mortal Coil’‘Skin and Bones’‘Snail’s Pace’‘Something’s In The Wind’‘Something Is Rotten in the State Of Denmark’‘Something Wicked This Way Comes'‘Son Of A Bitch'‘Sound And Fury, Signifying Nothing’‘Spice It Up'‘Spill The Beans’‘Spotless Reputation’‘Spur Of The Moment’‘Star-Crossed Lovers’'Stick To Your Guns'‘Still Waters Run Deep’‘Strange Bedfellows’'Sufficient Unto The Day Is The Evil Thereof'‘Swan Song'‘The Devil Incarnate'‘The Elephant In The Room'‘The Game’s Afoot’‘The Goldilocks Effect’‘The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread’‘The Lady Doth Protest Too Much’‘The Play’s The Thing’‘The Pot Calling The Kettle Black’‘The Rest Is Silence''The Seven Ages Of Man'‘The Truth Will Out’‘The Whips And Scorns Of Time’‘The World Is Your Oyster’‘There Are More Things In Heaven And Earth’‘There’s Method In His Madness’‘There’s The Rub’‘These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends’‘Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce’‘Through Thick And Thin’‘Throw Someone Under The Bus'‘Throw The Baby Out With The Bathwater’‘Till Death Do Us Part’‘To Coin A Phrase’‘To Sleep Perchance To Dream’‘To Thine Own Self Be True’‘To Turn The Tables'‘Too Much Of A Good Thing’‘Tower of Strength’‘Two Households, Both Alike in Dignity’‘Under The Weather'‘Under Wraps’‘Up In Arms’‘Up The Ante’‘Upset The Applecart’‘We Happy Few’‘Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve'‘What A Piece Of Work Is Man’‘What Dreams May Come'‘What The Dickens’‘What You Egg’‘What’s Done Is Done'‘What’s In A Name’‘Wherefore Art Thou'‘Whistling Past The Graveyard’‘White Elephant’‘Wild Goose Chase’‘Willy Nilly’‘Winter Of Discontent’‘Woe Is Me’