- to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable
- an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
Characters
- 趋 (趨): to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast; to approach; to tend towards; to converge
- 之 (之): (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 若 (若): to seem; like; as; if
- 鹜 (鶩): duck
Resources
- Wiktionary: 趋之若鹜
- MDBG: 趋之若鹜
- Examples with 趋之若鹜 on Tatoeba
Examples
越是禁忌的事情越是让人趋之若鹜。