趋之若鹜

to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable / an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase

to hasten / to hurry / to walk fast / to approach / to tend towards / to converge

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

to seem / like / as / if

duck