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Pluck his Goose

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Iʹll pluck his goose for him. That is: Iʹll cut his crest, Iʹll lower his pride, Iʹll make him eat umble pie. Comparing the person to a goose, the threat is to pluck off his feathers in which he prides himself.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Plon-plon
Plot
Plotcock
Plough
Plough Monday
Plover
Plowden
Plowman
Pluck
Pluck his Goose
Plucked Pigeon (A)
Plugson of Undershot
Plum
Plume Oneself (To)
Plumes
Plumper (A)
Plunger
Plus Ultra
Plush (John)
Pluto