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See: GONE GOOSE also GONE GOSLING.

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[gone goose] also [gone gosling] {n.}, {slang} A person for whom there is no hope. * /Herbert's grades have been so low that he is a gone goose for the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[goose] See: [COOK ONE'S GOOSE], [FOX AND GEESE], [KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG], [GONE GOOSE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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