someone's goose is cooked

短语

英文释义

短语
  1. All hope is gone; there is no possibility of success; the period of good fortune is over. idiomatic
    — If he doesn't win the next round, then his goose is cooked.

词源

Unclear. Unconvincing claims have been made of the term's origin in Aesop's Fables (The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs) and in Swedish history.
Attested as cook someone's goose from 1845.
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