geese



all (one's) geese are swans

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 cast her as the adored heroine. All her geese are swans if she thinks everyone at work likes her!
See also: all, geese, swan

cackling geese

Those who warn of something that is about to happen. Thank goodness for the cackling geese outside who ran in and told us to lock down the building because there was a man with a gun roaming the streets. My wife is skeptical of them, but I always tune in to those cackling geese giving the weather report—I don't want to get caught in a blizzard!
See also: cackle, geese

ain't got the brains God gave a squirrel

Is very foolish or lacking common sense. Jimmy almost crossed the street without looking up from his cell phone. He ain't got the brains God gave a squirrel!
See also: brain, gave, god, squirrel

ain't got the sense God gave geese

Is very foolish or lacking common sense. Jimmy almost crossed the street without looking up from his cell phone. He ain't got the sense God gave geese!
See also: gave, geese, god, sense

ain't got the brains God gave a squirrel

 and ain't got the sense God gave geese
Rur. is or are very foolish. There goes John, running around barefooted in the snow. He ain't got the brains God gave a squirrel. No use trying to explain anything to Jane. She ain't got the sense God gave geese.
See also: brain, gave, god, squirrel

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MontagueMAHN-tə-gyooEnglish (Rare)
Anna-LiisaAHN-nah LEE:-sahFinnish
BayleeBAY-leeEnglish (Modern)
Sophea-Khmer
Christen (1)-Danish, Norwegian
Gweneth-Welsh