Idioms

gone gosling

gone gosling

obsolete slang Any person or thing that is in a position of certain death, failure, or ruin. Primarily heard in US. He said his business would be a gone gosling if the bank doesn't approve his loan. We'll have to leave him here—he's a gone gosling with a wound like that. If you start drowning in open water, you're a gone gosling, man.
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