Pursuing illusionary goals, trying to achieve impossible things. The term comes from the old tale about finding a crock of gold if one digs at the
end of
the rainbow, where
it touches
earth. The idea
of chasing rainbows as equivalent
to a fruitless
quest was
expressed
in the
nineteenth century; those
who did
so were called “rainbow chasers.” A popular
song,
“I’m Always Chasing Rainbows,” with words by Joseph McCarthy and music by
Harry Carroll
(based on
Chopin’s
C-sharp
minor Fantasy Impromptu), was published in 1918. It was used in several motion pictures, among them Ziegfeld Girl, with Judy Garland, and was revived with considerable success
in 1946.
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