Idiom
chase a rainbow
Meaning
To pursue something illusory, impractical, or impossible.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't chase a rainbow by trying to win that rigged game.”
“He spent years trying to become a famous actor, but his family worried he was just chasing a rainbow.”
“By investing his entire inheritance into an unproven technology, he was merely chasing a rainbow that would never yield a return.”
Examples
simple
“Don't chase a rainbow by trying to win that rigged game.”
contextual
“He spent years trying to become a famous actor, but his family worried he was just chasing a rainbow.”
complex
“By investing his entire inheritance into an unproven technology, he was merely chasing a rainbow that would never yield a return.”
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