hunting expedition

• Une expédition ou une activité entreprise pour chercher quelque chose, souvent utilisée au sens métaphorique pour décrire une enquête de grande ampleur ou spéculative sans objectif précis.

A journey or activity undertaken to search for something, often used metaphorically to describe a wide-ranging or speculative investigation without a clear target.

1. Trip to hunt animalsB1formal

   A journey or outing organized for the purpose of hunting wild animals.

   expédition de chasse

   • They went on a hunting expedition in the African savannah.
   • The hunting expedition lasted for two weeks.
   • He prepared his gear for the annual hunting expedition.

2. B2informal

   A determined search or investigation for something, often used metaphorically.

   chasse (au sens figuré)

   • The journalist went on a hunting expedition for the truth.
   • The police launched a hunting expedition for the missing documents.
   • His research felt like a hunting expedition for rare data.