English Explanatory Dictionary

someone's goose is cooked

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

en-au-goose is cooked.ogg

Word forms

someone's goose is cooked

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.

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