| 单词 | all sb's geese are swans |
| 释义 | 5.all sb's geese are swans自己的鹅都是天鹅；夸大其词；言过其实 His insatiable appetite for glamour gave him a distinct tendency to idolatry; all his geese were swans.他对魅力无休止的追求使他明显具有偶像崇拜的倾向, 动辄夸大其词。 6.to cook sb's goose<非正式>(thwart plans)挫败某人的计划 He said that what they were up to would cook Krasky's goose.他说他们的所作所为将会破坏克拉斯基的计划。 (cause ruin)毁掉某人的前程；使某人垮台 His goose was cooked after an e-mail was inadvertently sent to the media.在一封电子邮件不慎被发给媒体之后, 他身败名裂了。 See goose |
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