Idiom
someone's goose is cooked
Meaning
All hope is gone; there is no possibility of success; the period of good fortune is over.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“If you miss the deadline again, your goose is cooked.”
“The boss found out about the missing money, so he knows his goose is cooked.”
“Once the audit revealed the systematic fraud, the manager realized his goose was cooked and resigned immediately.”
Examples
simple
“If you miss the deadline again, your goose is cooked.”
contextual
“The boss found out about the missing money, so he knows his goose is cooked.”
complex
“Once the audit revealed the systematic fraud, the manager realized his goose was cooked and resigned immediately.”
Origin
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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