all sb's geese are swans
(用于比喻某人过高估计或夸大他人的优点) used when describing sb who overestimates or exaggerates the good qualities of other people
All your geese are swans.自己的鹅都是天鹅。
cook sb's goose
使某人彻底失败 ensure that sb fails
When the police found his fingerprints he knew his goose was cooked.警方发现了他的指纹,他意识到自己已经完了。
He said he would cook their goose by revealing all the secrets they had confided to him.他扬言要把他们的秘密全都泄露出来,使他们的计划告吹。
goose flesh〔pimples〕
恐惧、寒冷等引起的鸡皮疙瘩 bumpy skin caused by cold or fear
Merely the thought of holding a snake makes me come out in goose flesh.只要一想起手中握着一条蛇,我就会起鸡皮疙瘩。
kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
杀鸡取卵 destroy〔spoil〕 one's chief source of profit
They regularly buy large quantities from us, so we should not put up our prices too much; we don't want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.他们定期向我们大量购买,因此我们不应该把价格抬得太高,我们不想杀鸡取卵。
say “boo” to a goose
吓唬某人 frighten sb
The boss may look a bit fierce, but in fact he wouldn't say “boo” to a goose.老板可能看上去有点凶,但实际上他不会吓唬人。
句型例句
The goose is thought to be stupid animal.鹅被认为是愚笨的动物。
The farmer kept many geese on his pond.这位农民在他的池塘里养了许多鹅。
She dislikes to eat goose.她讨厌吃鹅肉。
He is such a goose.他是这样的一个笨人。
