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What does 'Your goose is cooked' mean?

To be in a situation where failure is imminent or one's fate is sealed.

What is the origion of 'Your goose is cooked'?

This phrase is used to convey that someone's situation has reached a point of no return, often implying that consequences are unavoidable. The idiom is said to come from a 15th-century story about Jan Hus, a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and a seminal figure in the Bohemian Reformation. 'Hus' translates to goose in Czech.

Emoji meanings

  • 🦢 represents 'goose'

  • symbolizing the subject of the situation🔥 represents 'cooked'

  • indicating the conclusion or result of an action

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