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单词 all geese are swans
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all (his) geese are swans
d. In phrases and proverbial sayings. all (his) geese are swans: he invariably exaggerates or over-estimates; so to turn geese into swans, every goose a swan. all right (or sound) on the goose: (U.S.) politically orthodox. the old woman is picking her geese: it is snowing. to cook (rarely do) one's goose: (slang) to ‘do for’ a person or thing; to ruin or kill. to say bo to a goose (see bo int. Phrases 1). to shoe the goose: to spend one's time in trifling or in unnecessary labour. goose without gravy: (Nautical) a bloodless flogging. gone goose: see gone adj. 2. to kill the goose that laid or lays the golden eggs, to destroy a source of one's wealth by one's own heedless action; to sacrifice future advantage to the greed of the moment; also used allusively. See also gander n. 1b.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort on something futile
to shoe the goose14..
to send (also carry, etc.) owls to Athens1548
to break, crush, a fly upon the wheel1606
to carry coals to Newcastlea1614
to bang (also run, bash, etc.) one's head against a brick wall1689
to preach to the converted1857
to be on a hiding to nothing1905
to chase one's tail1963
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [phrase] > attaching too much importance
all (his) geese are swans1621
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > speak or do with exaggeration [phrase]
to go beyond the moon?c1430
to cast beyond the moon1559
to lay on load?1562
to lay it on with a trowela1616
all (his) geese are swans1621
to draw (also pull, shoot) the long bow1667
to lay it on thick1740
to sling (also fling, throw) the hatchet1778
to come it1796
to make a thing about (also of)1813
to draw with the long-bow1823
to pitch it strong1823
to overegg the pudding1845
to put (spread, etc.) it on thick1865
to god it1870
to strong it1964
to stretch it (or things)1965
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to
undoc950
shendOE
forfarea1000
endc1000
to do awayOE
aquenchc1175
slayc1175
slayc1175
stathea1200
tinea1300
to-spilla1300
batec1300
bleschea1325
honisha1325
leesea1325
wastec1325
stanch1338
corrumpa1340
destroy1340
to put awayc1350
dissolvec1374
supplanta1382
to-shend1382
aneantizec1384
avoidc1384
to put outa1398
beshenda1400
swelta1400
amortizec1405
distract1413
consumec1425
shelfc1425
abroge1427
downthringc1430
kill1435
poisonc1450
defeat1474
perish1509
to blow away1523
abrogatea1529
to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529
dash?1529
to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531
put in the pot1531
wipea1538
extermine1539
fatec1540
peppera1550
disappoint1563
to put (also set) beside the saddle1563
to cut the throat of1565
to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568
to make a hand of (also on, with)1569
demolish1570
to break the neck of1576
to make shipwreck of1577
spoil1578
to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579
cipher1589
ruinate1590
to cut off by the shins1592
shipwreck1599
exterminate1605
finish1611
damnify1612
ravel1614
braina1616
stagger1629
unrivet1630
consummate1634
pulverizea1640
baffle1649
devil1652
to blow up1660
feague1668
shatter1683
cook1708
to die away1748
to prove fatal (to)1759
to knock up1764
to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834
to put the kibosh on1834
to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835
kibosh1841
to chaw up1843
cooper1851
to jack up1870
scuttle1888
to bugger up1891
jigger1895
torpedo1895
on the fritz1900
to put paid to1901
rot1908
down and out1916
scuppera1918
to put the skids under1918
stonker1919
liquidate1924
to screw up1933
cruel1934
to dig the grave of1934
pox1935
blow1936
to hit for six1937
to piss up1937
to dust off1938
zap1976
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery, superiority, or advantage [verb (intransitive)] > defeat completely
to break one's back or neck1579
to be too many for1692
to do for ——1740
to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835
to fix (another's) flint1836
to cut the ground from under one (or one's feet)1855
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > defeat completely or do for
overthrowc1375
checkmatea1400
to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430
distrussc1430
crusha1599
panga1600
to fetch off1600
finish1611
settle?1611
feague1668
rout1676
spiflicate1749
bowl1793
to settle a person's hash1795
dish1798
smash1813
to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835
thunder-smite1875
scuppera1918
to put the bee on1918
stonker1919
to wrap up1922
root1944
banjax1956
marmalize1966
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (intransitive)] > attach importance to > exaggerate
exagger1535
to turn geese into swans1867
14.. Why I can't be Nun 254 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 144 He schalle be put owte of company, And scho the gose.
1476 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 603 As for the castell of Shene, ther is no mor in jt but Colle and hys mak, and a goose may get it; but jn no wyse I wold not that wey.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope 190 This fable sayth of a man whiche had a goos that leyd euery day an egge of gold.]
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 14 Let furth youre geyse; the fox will preche.
1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. C.iiiv Steale a goose, and stycke downe a fether.
1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams xlv. sig. Biiv A greene goose..is farre the swetter.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. E6 Then may he go sue the goose, for house gets he none.
1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. C Euery Goose..must goe for a Swan, and whatsoeuer he speakes, must be Canonicall.
1589 Pappe w. Hatchet III. 404 A man..had a goose, which euerie daie laid him a golden egge; hee..kild his goose, thinking to haue a mine of golde in her bellie, and finding nothing but dung..wisht his goose aliue.
1604 N. Breton Grimellos Fortunes (Grosart) 5/1 Yet I can doe something else, then shooe the Goose for my liuing.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 39 All their Geese are Swannes.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue 133 There is no more pitty to be taken of her then to see a goose goe bare-foote.
1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? xiii. 90 With Catholikes euery Pismire is a Potentate: as euery Goose a Swan.
1640 Wizard (MS.) in R. Nares Gloss. He hath the goose by the neck.
1650 Woodstock Scuffle sig. A3 There's not a Man..can say (Boh!) unto a Divell, Or to a Goose that is uncivill.
1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 1/1 in Παροιμιογραϕια To steal a Goose, and give the giblets in almes.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccii. 264 Sauce for a Goose is Sauce for a Gander.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew (at cited word) Find fault with a Fat Goose, or without a Cause.
1835 Public Ledger 20 Aug. Because the defendant would not give them facilities for running contraband goods ashore they had threatened to cook his goose for him; in other words, to be revenged.
1845 J. R. Planché Golden Fleece i. 7 To save my bacon I must cook his goose!
1849 C. K. Sharpe Let. 10 Sept. in Corr. (1888) II. 597 [They] may be thankful that she did not ‘do their goose for them’, to use a vulgar phrase.
1851 Street Ballad in H. Mayhew London Labour I. 227/2 If they come here we'll cook their goose, The pope and Cardinal Wiseman.
1856 S. Robinson Kansas (ed. 3) 252 All persons who could not answer ‘All right on the goose’, according to their definition of right, were..threatened with death.
1857 Providence Jrnl. 18 June To seek for political flaws is no use, His opponents will find he is ‘sound on the goose’.
1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage III. xi. 195 Chaldicotes..is a cooked goose, as far as Sowerby is concerned.
1862 G. Dodd Where do We get It? ii. 103 The natives adopted a reckless way of cutting down the trees in order to obtain the sap; but they are now gradually accustoming themselves to a more economical method—they preserve the ‘goose that lays the golden eggs’.
1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xiv If you worry or excite your brain..you will cook your own goose—by a quick fire.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Goose without gravy.
1868 E. Yates Rock Ahead III. iii. v. 191 It..will be quite enough to cook your goose as it is.
1884 Sat. Rev. 5 July 25/1 The besetting temptation which leads local historians to turn geese into swans.
1887 W. E. Norris Major & Minor v If Brian had only known how immensely he had risen in her respect by the not very extraordinary display of talent and ability which he had just made, he would doubtless have hastened to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs by playing classical compositions till he wearied her.
1917 J. Galsworthy Five Tales (1918) 77 You're getting a thousand a year out of my fees. Mistake to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. I'll make it twelve hundred.
1921 T. R. St.-Johnston Islanders of Pacific 295 Even an insouciant native hesitates to kill the goose that lays his ‘golden eggs’, for the tapping of the crown is generally fatal to the palm-tree.
1923 D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers (London ed.) 207 Is that you, American Eagle? Or are you the goose that lays the golden egg?
1930 A. E. Housman Let. 21 Mar. (1971) 293 On the one hand I must thank and congratulate you, but on the other you have cooked your own goose.
1935 T. S. Eliot Murder in Cathedral i. 25 Leave well alone, Or your goose may be cooked and eaten to the bone.
1946 W. S. Maugham Then & Now xii. 71 ‘I can count on your discretion, Messer Niccolo? My life would be short if it were discovered that I have told you what I have.’ ‘I know. But I am not one to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.’
1965 Melody Maker 25 Sept. 20 Let's hope that promoters have learned from past experience and don't kill the geese that lay the golden pop eggs.
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