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s [pl geese] 1. guska ([fig]) 2. (krojačko) glačalo ([pl] gooses) / every man thinks his own geese are swan = svaki cigo svoga konja hvali; to turn geese into swans = pretjerivati, precjenjivati; to kill the # that lays the golden eggs = žrtvovati busući probitak sadaš- njoj manjoj koristi; to cook a p's # = udesiti koga, zasoliti komu, pokazati komu; he can't say boo to a # = veoma je plah, bojažljiv; sauce for # is sauce for gander = što je dobro za jednoga mora biti dobro i za drugoga; fox and geese = vrsta društvene igre na ploči* * *
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