someone's goose is cooked

Definitions

All hope is gone; there is no possibility of success; the period of good fortune is over.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“If he doesn't win⟳ the next round, then his goose is cooked.”

“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...'”

“"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.””

“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.””

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