1 to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable

2 an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase

1 to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)

2 to fail utterly in trying to copy something

3 to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result

1 to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable

2 an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase