goose cooked (to have or be one’s) [exp]

english idiom to have or be one’s goose cooked
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Meaning:

  • to get or be in a big trouble.

Examples:

  1. if you lie one after another, you will have you goose cooked.
  2. Oh! this place is for adults. If your father finds out that I have taken you here, my goose is cooked.
  3. After the evidence was presented, he realized his goose was cooked, and there was no escaping the penalty.
  4. She thought she could sneak out of work early, but when the boss saw her leave, her goose was cooked.
  5. If we don’t finish this project on time, our goose is cooked with the client.
  6. When the spy was captured, he knew his goose was cooked.
  7. The team’s goose was cooked after their star player was injured in the first half of the game.
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