In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.
A wild goose chase

Options

A. Fruitful search
B. Timely search
C. Useless search
D. Wrong decision

Answer

C

Explanation

A wild gooes chase = a foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable , use less search.
Look at the sentence,
Physicists serarching for the hypothetical particle may be on a wild goose chase.