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
Gavriilgah-vree-EEL (Russian)Russian, Greek
Mechislav-Russian (Rare), Medieval Slavic
Jurian-Medieval Low German
İLhan-Turkish
Zeferino-Portuguese
GÖStav-Swedish (Archaic)