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Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | | Chinese term or phrase: 隔山打牛 | 那么希望他能够从台湾的土城看守所被释放，直接到美国去出庭啊，接受审问。那么当然他控告欧巴马的案例啊，基本上不会成功，陈水扁{隔山打牛}。
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| | wild goose chase | Explanation:
Here is a more appropriate idiom for this term
Wild goose chase
A wild goose chase is a waste of time- time spent trying to do something unsuccessfully.
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Note added at 8 hrs (2010-06-09 05:18:44 GMT)
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According to the reference provided by Fabrizio66, 隔山打牛 basically means you try to hit a bull but it does no damage, but when the bull attacks it wipes the floor with you. Basically it means doing something that have zero chance of success. |
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The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +1
