goose is cooked

English

Phrase

goose is cooked

(idiomatic) All hope is gone; there is no possibility of success.
If he doesn't win the next round, then his goose is cooked.

Translations

all hope is gone

Dutch: de rapen zijn gaar
French: les carottes sont cuites
German: erledigt sein (de), geliefert sein (de)
Russian: пиши пропало /write that ist's lost/, дело труба /business is a pipe/, дело табак /business is tobacco/, дело швах, попал, как кур во щи (caught like a rooster into shchi)

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Last modified on 29 August 2012, at 08:52