"cook my goose"可不只是“煮了我的鹅”

【朗读以下例句，并用今日表达造句】

He thinks he'll get away with stealing my idea, but I'm going to cook his goose.

I was angry because I wasted all afternoon on a wild-goose chase.

They want to keep the clients happy. Nobody wants to be the one to kill the golden goose.

【语音精讲】

【精讲部分】

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Cook someone's goose

字面意思：煮了某人的鹅（确实有此意思）

引申意思：毁掉某人成功的机会；使（计划等）受挫

也可用被动式：

someone's goose is cooked

【解释】

(informal) ruin somebody's plans or chances of success

The underlying idea of this phrase seems to be that a goose was cherished and fattened up for a special occasion, and therefore to cook it prematurely/ˌpriːməˈtʃʊrliˌˌpriːməˈtʊrli/ meant to spoil the plans for a feast.

这个短语隐含的意思似乎是这样的：为了一个特殊的场合而精心养肥了一只鹅，因此过早地烹饪它意味着破坏宴会的计划。

【例句】

I cooked my own goose by not showing up on time.

我没有准时到，这就毁了我自己。

He thinks he'll get away with stealing my idea, but I'm going to cook his goose.

他以为他偷了我的创意还能逃脱惩罚，但我不能让他得逞。

News of my involvement in this scandal will cook my goose for sure.

我卷入这桩丑闻的消息肯定会毁了我。

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a wild-goose chase

n.(根据错误信息进行的)白费力气的寻找

一般说：be/go on a wild goose chase 白费力气寻找

【解释】

If you are on a wild goose chase, you waste a lot of time searching for something that you have little chance of finding, because you have been given incorrect information.

【例句】

I was angry because I wasted all afternoon on a wild-goose chase.

我很生气，因为我瞎折腾了一个下午啥也没找到。

Tom wondered if Jerry had deliberately /dɪˈlɪbərətli/ sent him on a wild-goose chase.

Tom怀疑Jerry故意派他出去瞎找一番。

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kill the goose that lays the golden egg(s)

或 kill the golden goose

自绝财路；杀鸡取卵；涸泽而渔

【解释】

If someone or something kills the goose that lays the golden egg or kills the golden goose, they do something which results in an important source of money being stopped or very much reduced.

【例句】

They want to keep the clients happy. Nobody wants to be the one to kill the golden goose.

他们想让客户满意。 没有人想成为自绝财路的人。

Firing the programmer who created your most successful app is like killing the goose that lays the golden egg.

炒掉为你开发了最成功应用的程序员，无异于自绝财路。