Herbert's grades have been so low that he is a gone goose for the year.
The man was a gone gosling when a policeman caught him breaking the store window.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
gone gosling — noun see gone goose * * * gone goose or gone gosling noun (informal, esp US) A hopeless case • • • Main Entry: ↑gone … Useful english dictionary
gone goose — also[gone gosling] {n.}, {slang} A person for whom there is no hope. * /Herbert s grades have been so low that he is a gone goose for the year./ * /The man was a gone gosling when a policeman caught him breaking the store window./ … Dictionary of American idioms
gone goose — also[gone gosling] {n.}, {slang} A person for whom there is no hope. * /Herbert s grades have been so low that he is a gone goose for the year./ * /The man was a gone gosling when a policeman caught him breaking the store window./ … Dictionary of American idioms
gone\ goose — • gone goose • gone gosling noun slang A person for whom there is no hope. Herbert s grades have been so low that he is a gone goose for the year. The man was a gone gosling when a policeman caught him breaking the store window … Словарь американских идиом
gone goose — noun also gone gosling : a person who is doomed : one in a hopeless predicament they got me now, boy … I m a gone goose Nathaniel Burt when she goes after a man he s a gone goose W.H.Rudkin * * * gone goose or gone gosling noun (informal, esp … Useful english dictionary
gosling — See: GONE GOOSE also GONE GOSLING … Dictionary of American idioms
gosling — See: GONE GOOSE also GONE GOSLING … Dictionary of American idioms
gosling — See: gone goose also gone gosling … Словарь американских идиом
gone — adj. 1 (of time) past (not until gone nine). 2 a lost; hopeless. b dead. 3 colloq. pregnant for a specified time (already three months gone). 4 sl. completely enthralled or entranced, esp. by rhythmic music, drugs, etc. Phrases and idioms: be… … Useful english dictionary
gosling — Synonyms and related words: Bantam, banty, barn door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, birdling, broiler, brooder, broody hen, calf, capon, catling, chanticleer, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chickling, chicky, cock, cockerel, colt, cub, dead duck,… … Moby Thesaurus
