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move the goalposts
move the goalposts
(British, American & Australian) also move the goal (American) to change the rules in a situation in a way that is not fair, usually in order to make it more difficult for someone to achieve something My boss is never satisfied. Whenever I think I've done what he wants, he moves the goalposts.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Fruma | | - | Yiddish |
Wojciecha | | voi-CHE-khah | Polish |
Frieda | | FREE-dah (German), FREE-də (English) | German, English |
Solomon | | SAHL-ə-mən (English) | Biblical, English, Jewish |
Nnamdi | | - | Western African, Igbo |
Marjut | | MAHR-yoot | Finnish |