someone's goose is cooked en · X
Pronunciation
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Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) All hope is gone; there is no possibility of success; the period of good fortune is over.
"I think that she was so concerned that she was afraid to even mention it in her own journals," Jennifer told him. “In fact, she doesn't bring it up again until it's pretty clear that the South's goose is cooked.”
2004, Tom Morrisey, Deep Blue, page 27:If he doesn't win the next round, then his goose is cooked.
I thought that Texaco made a pretty good reply, but one of the federal lawyers gave me her take: “When you have to withdraw the evidence on which your expert based his opinion, your goose is cooked.”
2001, Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage, page 48:On our wedding day, a friend said to me sadly: 'Poor old Bernard, now your goose is cooked. Women are like cats, they like walls...'
1969, Bernard Moitessier, “Cape Horn: The Logical Route”, in Inge Moore, transl., [1967, Cap Horn à la Voile], page 49:
Translations (16)
ru пиши пропало /write that it's lost/ (all hope is gone) · nl het vet is van de soep (all hope is gone) · ru де́ло таба́к /business is tobacco/ (all hope is gone) · pl nie ma nadziei (all hope is gone) · ru пе́сенка спета /(his) song is sung/ (all hope is gone) · it conciare per le feste (all hope is gone) · nl de rapen zijn gaar (all hope is gone) · sv nu är det kokta fläsket stekt (all hope is gone) · fr les carottes sont cuites (all hope is gone) · de die Messe ist gelesen (all hope is gone) · de geliefert sein (all hope is gone) · ru де́ло труба́ /business is a pipe/ (all hope is gone) · fi nyt otti ohraleipä (all hope is gone) · de erledigt sein (all hope is gone) · ru де́ло швах (all hope is gone) · ru попал, как кур во щи /caught like a rooster into shchi/ (all hope is gone)
wikipedia: The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs · wikipedia: Aesop's Fables