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Goose Phrase Person Cook Golden Sauce Acceptable 英[Gu:S

单词 goose
音标
英[gu:s] 美[ɡus]
解释
n.鹅;鹅肉;雌鹅;傻瓜;v.拧或掐屁股;忽然加满油; 催促;
例句

N-COUNT
A goose is a large bird that has a long neck and webbed feet. Geese are often farmed for their meat.

N-UNCOUNT
鹅肉
Goose is the meat from a goose that has been cooked.
例:...roast goose.烤鹅

PHRASE
阻挠;破坏…的计划
If you cook someone's goose, you prevent their plans from succeeding.
例:He said that what they were up to would cook Krasky's goose.他说他们暗中进行的阴谋可能会使克拉斯基的计划流产。

PHRASE
杀鸡取卵;自绝财源
If someone kills the goose that lays the golden egg, they harm or destroy the person or thing that gives them their money, power, or advantage.
例:Unregulated tourism can kill the goose that laid their golden egg.旅游业的无序发展无异于杀鸡取卵。

PHRASE
适于此者适于彼;应该一视同仁
If you say what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, you mean what is acceptable for one person in a particular situation should be acceptable for another person in a similar situation.
变形
third:gooses~done:goosed~pl:geese~ing:goosing~past:goosed~

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