Translation: from english to french
from french to englishto cook sb s goose
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goose [gu:s](plural geese)1. nounoie f( = prod inf!) to goose sb donner un petit coup sur les fesses de qn3. compounds* * *[guːs] 1.2.you silly goose! — (colloq) idiot/-e!
(colloq) transitive verb pincer les fesses de••to cook somebody's goose — (colloq) couler (colloq) quelqu'un
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B ○ vtr pincer les fesses de.all his geese are swans il prend ses vessies pour des lanternes ; to cook sb's goose ○ couler ○ qn ; to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs tuer la poule aux œufs d'or.
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cook someone's goose — (informal) 1. To spoil someone s plans 2. To make someone s downfall inevitable • • • Main Entry: ↑cook * * * cook someone’s goose informal phrase to cause a lot of problems for someone, or to spoil their plans Thesaurus … Useful english dictionary
cook someone's goose — cook (someone s) goose informal if you cook someone s goose, you do something that spoils their plans and prevents them from succeeding. Disgruntled employees cooked Blackledge s goose by leaking private documents to the press … New idioms dictionary
cook someone's goose — If you cook someone s goose, you ruin their plans … The small dictionary of idiomes
cook someone's goose — ► cook someone s goose informal spoil someone s plans. Main Entry: ↑cook … English terms dictionary
cook somebody's goose — cook sb s ˈgoose idiom (informal) to ruin sb s chances of success Main entry: ↑cookidiom … Useful english dictionary
cook somebody's goose — To cook somebody s goose means to spoil that person s chances of success. When the burglar saw the police car arriving, he realized his goose was cooked! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
cook someone's goose — If you cook someone s goose, you ruin their plans. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
cook someone's goose — idi+inf cook someone s goose, Informal. to ruin someone s chances or future … From formal English to slang
cook one's goose — {v. phr.}, {slang} To ruin someone hopelessly; destroy one s future expectations or good name. * /The bank treasurer cooked his own goose when he stole the bank s funds./ * /She cooked John s goose by reporting what she knew to the police./ *… … Dictionary of American idioms
cook\ one's\ goose — v. phr. slang To ruin someone hopelessly; destroy one s future expectations or good name. The bank treasurer cooked his own goose when he stole the bank s funds. She cooked John s goose by reporting what she knew to the police. The dishonest… … Словарь американских идиом
cook one's goose — ruin one s chances She really cooked her own goose and has no chance of getting the new job … Idioms and examples