chase your (own) tail

成語所屬單字tail

chase your (own) tail — 慣用語

1. To spend a lot of time and effort doing things that do not achieve anything usef

1.慣用語
釋義

瞎忙一場

To spend a lot of time and effort doing things that do not achieve anything useful.

例句

Maya felt she was just chasing her tail at work all day.

Stop chasing your tail and focus on one task at a time.