A goner


something or someone that is dead, doomed, ruined, or past recovery, as in if this new drug doesn’t work, he’s a goner; or without a working transmission, my car’s a goner. synonyms of this idiom, such as a gone goose or chicken or gosling, are no longer heard as much. [ ; mid-1800s ]

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