趋之若鹜

qū zhī ruò wù

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

an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase

趋

qū

to hasten

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

若

ruò

to seem

鹜

wù

duck