The experiment was seemingly going triumphantly to succeed when, just as they had got down to the last wisp of hay per day, an unfortunate event happened —the horse died.
He therefore arranged that there should be one wisp of hay less for the horse every time it was fed.
Whether we like it or not, we cannot afford to pursue such will-of-the-wisp policies with such disastrous results.
If there is the slightest wisp of good weather, there is a water shortage in about 900 villages.
There is talk of the use of subsidies to chase this will-of-the-wisp prestige.
The experiment apparently went very well and the amount of the horse's food was cut down, wisp by wisp.
Much of the talk about competition in the industry is a "will of the wisp".
The water came up to a clamp of potatoes and just washed it away like a wisp of straw.
