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be in the wind (- Whatever happened to that woman? – Oh, she's in the wind. Stanislav Silinsky); 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 фраз в 3 тематиках |
Идиоматическое выражение, фразеологизм | 2 |
Общая лексика | 2 |
Пословица | 2 |