Idioms

all (one's) geese are swans

all (one's) geese are swans

proverb One is overexaggerating and not in touch with reality. Geese and swans are quite different, so to think they are the same is a stretch of the truth. I can't listen to another one of Tiffany's stories that casts her as the adored heroine. All her geese are swans if she thinks everyone at work likes her! Wait, he seriously thinks the most popular girl in school would go out with him? Wow, all his geese are swans, all right! Not to be mean, but all George's geese are swans if he really thinks he's getting the promotion. The guy is late to work almost every day!
See also: all, geese, swan
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all someone's geese are swans

someone habitually exaggerates the merits of undistinguished people or things.
The goose is proverbially contrasted with the swan as being the clumsier, less elegant, and less distinguished bird; compare with turn geese into swans below.
See also: all, geese, swan
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