to cook sb's goose

Mira otros diccionarios:

• 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./ *… …   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