a goner



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. [Slang; mid-1800s]
See also: goner

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ThomTAHMEnglish
Ruedi-German (Swiss)
OrpheusAWR-fee-əs (English)Greek Mythology
Clitus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Kevan-Irish
Ackery['ækəri]