(as) silly as a goose Idiom

a wild goose chase

a waste of time, a long chase without results Oil exploration is sometimes a wild goose chase. It's uncertain.

Canada goose

getting goosed in Canada by a Canadian """There,"" he said. ""Now you've had your Canada goose."""

cook your goose

finish you, ruin you, goose is cooked If you borrow too much money, you'll cook your goose.

goose egg

zero, no score, skunked They got three goals. We got the goose egg.

goose is cooked

chance is gone, plan has failed, game over If we don't win this game, our goose is cooked.

goose it

press the gas pedal down, pedal to the metal When a car tries to pass us, don't goose it. Slow down.

goosed

(See Canada goose)

kill the goose that layed the golden egg

spoil something that is good or something that one has by being greedy He was always complaining about his job but now it is gone. He has killed the goose that layed the golden egg.

kill the goose that lays the golden egg

spoil something that is good or something that one has by being greedy They sold part of their business but it was the most profitable part. I think that they have killed the goose that lays the golden egg.

kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

lose or destroy the source of wealth If we pollute the environment, we kill the goose - we lose it all.

(as) asinine as a goose

Particularly foolish, silly, or frivolous. Everyone anticipation I was asinine as a goose growing up—my arch in the clouds, absent to dreams of absurd things. The government's proposed arrangement to fix assets asperity by afterlight the tax cipher in favor of corporations is about as asinine as a goose.Learn more: goose, silly

*silly as a goose

very foolish. (*Also: as ~.) Edith is as asinine as a goose. She thinks that account aloud to her house-plants will advice them grow. The ad in the bi-weekly said this balm would accomplish my beard abound back, but I've been application it for a accomplished ages and my beard is still the same. Jane: You're as asinine as a goose! Do you accept aggregate you apprehend in bi-weekly ads?Learn more: goose, silly

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