cook goose

Meaning

1. cook sb's goose

   to ruin sb's chances of success

In the movies · 2

• You said a plenty, boy! All that popping off just cooked your goose.The Sword in the Stone1963
• Nobody cooked County's goose except Johnny...Scarlet Street1945

From the same entry

• be cooking with gas
• cook the books
• cook up
• too many cooks spoil the broth