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duck duck gooseA children's game where kids sit in a circle facing each other with their eyes closed. One child is designated "it" and walks around the outside of the circle saying "duck" as he/she touches each child's head. Finally, instead of saying "duck" the person who is it says "goose!" then runs forward around the circle and tries to sit down in the spot where the "goose" was sitting. The goal of the game is for the person who is "it" to sit down before the "goose" catches him/her. If he/she does sit down before being touched/tagged, then the "goose" becomes "it" and the process begins again. If the "goose" catches the person who was "it" then the person who was "it' is out of the game and the circle moves in closer/smaller until only one sitting winner remains.Rate it:

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if it quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck and looks like a duck, chances are it's a duckif something has all the attributes and appearances of being a certain thing, the probability exists that it is that thing.Rate it:

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goose is cookedAll hope is gone; there is no possibility of success.Rate it:

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goose pimplesBumps similar to pimples that form around hair follicles of the skin when a person is cold or frightened.Rate it:

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Hawaiian gooseThe nene, Branta sandvicensis.Rate it:

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what's good for the goose is good for the ganderAny decision or rule that applies to one person must be applied to the others especially of the same group.Rate it:

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what's good for the goose is good for the ganderWhat is good for a woman is equally good for a man; or, what a woman can have or do, so can a man have or do. This comes from an earlier proverb, "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."Rate it:

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what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the ganderIf something is acceptable for one person, it is acceptable for another.Rate it:

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Wild-Goose ChaseA useless hunt, a worthless chase, a futile search Rate it:

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a goose has wandered onto one's midsection.To experience a warm and fuzzy feeling inside ones chest; to feel content and happy.Rate it:

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like shit through a goosevery fastRate it:

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wild-goose chaseA task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome.Rate it:

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not to be able to say boo to a gooseto be extremely timid or diffident (wouldn't say boo to a goose)Rate it:

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Cook Your GooseTo bring someone down, spoil someone’s quality time or to wreck a happy plan or projectRate it:

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what's good for the goose is good for the ganderWhat is good for one type is equally good for another type, despite any irrelevant differences between the types.Rate it:

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a wild goose never laid a tame eggmost things are inherited and predeterminedRate it:

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the old woman is plucking her gooseIt is snowing.Rate it:

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choked the gooseWaste the money on something uselessRate it:

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golden gooseSomething that generates much profit or gives great advantages.Rate it:

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goose bumpsBumps that form around hair follicles of the skin when a person is cold or frightened.Rate it:

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goose upTo boost, to take steps to make something appear more attractive.Rate it:

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Hawaiian gooseUsed other than as an idiom: see Hawaiian, goose.Rate it:

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i'm up goose creekDesiring to do something but knowing one cannot succeed at the attemptRate it:

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Kill the Goose that Lays the Golden EggsTo spoil something good with one’s absurd actions, intolerance and greedRate it:

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kill the goose that lays the golden eggsTo seek short term gain at the sacrifice of long term profit.Rate it:

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sauce for the gooseA short form of what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the ganderRate it:

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wild-goose chaseA futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy pursuit.Rate it:

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wouldn't say boo to a gooseDescribing a quiet, exceptionally shy person.Rate it:

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all duck or no dinnerAll or nothing.Rate it:

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duck outTo move or act so as to achieve avoidance, escape, or evasion.Rate it:

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could eat the crotch out of a low flying duckAm/are/is extremely hungry.Rate it:

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duck soupEasy, or a piece of cake.Rate it:

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quack like a duckTo appear to be exactly what one is.Rate it:

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dead duckOne who is in serious danger or trouble.Rate it:

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golden duckThe score of zero runs after getting out on the first ball faced.Rate it:

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tight as a duck's arseExtremely tight, mean, excessively thriftyRate it:

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break one's duckTo score one's first run in an innings.Rate it:

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like water off a duck's backWithout immediate or lasting effects.Rate it:

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duck outTo depart quickly or exit abruptly, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.Rate it:

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ay up me duckA generic greeting.Rate it:

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break one's duckTo do something for the first time.Rate it:

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could eat the crutch from a low flying duckAlternative form of could eat the crotch out of a low flying duckRate it:

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Dead DuckA ruined person; a person or plan that is certain to die or failRate it:

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dead duckA project that is doomed to failure from the start.Rate it:

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duck outTo depart quickly or exit abruptly by way of, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.Rate it:

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duck testfor application of common sense and/or intuition regardless of technical parameters.Rate it:

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Lame DuckAbout to retire, in the last days of his or her jobRate it:

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like a duck takes to waterVery naturally; without effort.Rate it:

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like a duck to waterAlternative form of like a duck takes to waterRate it:

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no duck no dinnerNo money to pay for food, then you go hungryRate it:

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