cook someone's goose

相關詞: cook

成語

Definition

  1. to ruin someone's plans or chances of success; to completely spoil someone's prospects.

    • If he makes one more mistake, that will really cook his goose.

    • Her plans were cooked when she found out they knew her secret.

    • He was so overconfident that he didn't see his competitor's underhanded tactics which cooked his goose.