英语词汇“to turn geese into swans”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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.

ΘΚΠ

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

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.iii^v Steale a goose, and stycke downe a fether.

1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams xlv. sig. Bii^v 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.

单词	to turn geese into swans
释义	> as lemmas to turn geese into 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. ΘΚΠ 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.iii^v Steale a goose, and stycke downe a fether. 1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams xlv. sig. Bii^v 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. extracted from goosen. < as lemmas
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