Wild goose chase...

Question

How would you say in Spanish "You sent me on a wild goose chase!",as in "You sent me somewhere that you knew was completely pointless!".
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Never eaten gamusino before? What do you have for lunch on April Fool's day then'
barbecued snipe of course

lazarus1907 said:

Natasha said:

Wondering the same thing as Steve: what IS a gamusino?

Never eaten gamusino before? What do you have for lunch on April Fool's day then?

From the dictionary Manuel Seco:

gamusino m Animal imaginario del que se habla humorísticamente. Quien va a matar dragones, o gamusinos, y viene de vacío, podrá después contarlo.

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Answer 2

LadyDi said:

In my mind, there's nothing that conveys the exact meaning of 'wild goose chase' per se. The only thing that might come close is something I hear people from Mexico say quite often which is, 'de oquis.' It just means that you do something in vain which I guess is kind of the same thing.

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Answer 3

escupir a la luna

Answer 4

Robert Bennett said:

escupir a la luna

I don't agree with that one. As far as I know, escupir a la luna just means to do something pointless or in vain, or even rashly. It is an action that can be performed while seated. But a wild goose chase usually involves a lot of movement from one place to another. It also usually involves a search of some kind.

For example, I might say it was a wild goose chase if my wife sent me to six different stores looking for a certain item, all to no avail. But I don't think we would say escupir a la luna in that case. Furthermore, that phrase only gets 8 googits, so it certainly doesn't have much currency.

At WR people have suggested these:

tocarse las narices
rascar la barriga
marear la perdiz

Answer 5

...so what is a snipe in spanish...

Answer 6

El diccionario dice que es agachadiza.

tad said:

...so what is a snipe in spanish...

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