X cooked Y's goose

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• Goose (disambiguation) — Goose may refer to:Birds* One of several wild bird species in the family Anatidae: ** Goose, birds in the subfamily Anserinae of the Anatidae ** Magpie goose, bird in the closely related family Anseranatidae ** Pygmy goose, birds in the genus… …   Wikipedia

• goose — gooselike, adj. /goohs/, n., pl. geese for 1, 2, 4, 8, 9; gooses for 5 7; v., goosed, goosing. n. 1. any of numerous wild or domesticated, web footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, esp. of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are… …   Universalium

• goose — [[t]gu͟ːs[/t]] geese 1) N COUNT A goose is a large bird that has a long neck and webbed feet. Geese are often farmed for their meat. 2) N UNCOUNT Goose is the meat from a goose that has been cooked. ...roast goose. 3) → See also wild goose chase… …   English dictionary

• goose — goose1 [gu:s] n plural geese [gi:s] [: Old English; Origin: gos] 1.) a) a bird that is like a duck but is larger and makes loud noises b) a female goose →↑gander 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• goose — 1 noun 1 a) (C) plural geese a bird that is similar to a duck but larger and makes a hissing (hiss (1)) or honking (honk1 (2)) noise b) a female goose compare gander (1) 2 (U) the cooked meat of this bird 3 old fashioned a silly person 4 kill the …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• goose is cooked — chance is gone, plan has failed, game over    If we don t win this game, our goose is cooked …   English idioms

• cook one's goose — {v. phr.}, {slang} To ruin someone hopelessly; destroy one s future expectations or good name. * /The bank treasurer cooked his own goose when he stole the bank s funds./ * /She cooked John s goose by reporting what she knew to the police./ *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• cook one's goose — {v. phr.}, {slang} To ruin someone hopelessly; destroy one s future expectations or good name. * /The bank treasurer cooked his own goose when he stole the bank s funds./ * /She cooked John s goose by reporting what she knew to the police./ *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• cook\ one's\ goose — v. phr. slang To ruin someone hopelessly; destroy one s future expectations or good name. The bank treasurer cooked his own goose when he stole the bank s funds. She cooked John s goose by reporting what she knew to the police. The dishonest… …   Словарь американских идиом

• cook someone's goose — cook (someone s) goose informal if you cook someone s goose, you do something that spoils their plans and prevents them from succeeding. Disgruntled employees cooked Blackledge s goose by leaking private documents to the press …   New idioms dictionary

• cook goose — cook (someone s) goose informal if you cook someone s goose, you do something that spoils their plans and prevents them from succeeding. Disgruntled employees cooked Blackledge s goose by leaking private documents to the press …   New idioms dictionary