Question of the Day #1158

BLUE REVIEW: Lame ducks, cooked geese and a Bombers team that just won't quit

From the headline of this article at the Winnipeg Sun.

  上記の文で、cooked gooseの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "cooked goose" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎にcooked gooseはありませんが、同じ意味のgoose is cookedの意味は、

《one's ～》～の年貢の納め時

上記の見出しの使用法はちょっと珍しいと言えます。一般的には、cook one’s gooseが普通です。

 

Answer

According to the Cambridge Dictionary:

to do something that spoils someone's plans and prevents them from succeeding

 

Examples

1. Just tell her we can't - that'll cook her goose.
2. Mary's constant tardiness and poor work ethic cooked her goose, and she was eventually fired from her job.
3. He thinks he'll get away with stealing my idea, but I'm going to cook his goose.
4. By trying to constantly undermine me he cooked his goose. After that I just had to sack him.
5. The speeding ticket cooked his goose with his father. Her goose was cooked when she was caught cheating on the test.

   

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