Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “chase shadows“ and its meaning is “to try to do something impossible; (in sports) to try to catch up with another player/team who is too quick/better than you”.
Example Sentence: For most of his career, Novak Djokovic has been chasing a shadow. And how close he was to catching the ageless king, Roger Federer. How desperate he was to wear his crown. How shattered he now is after an evening of madness at Flushing Meadows.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Novak Djokovic left to count personal and professional cost of moment of madness and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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