loose as a goose
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8.4
- idiom
- Informal
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relajado
- After a long week at work, she felt loose as a goose and ready to enjoy the weekend.
Examples
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Whenever he's with old friends, Mark becomes loose as a goose and cracks jokes nonstop.
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After the massage, he felt loose as a goose and ready to face the day.
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She was loose as a goose during the vacation, not worrying about work at all.
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After the vacation, she felt loose as a goose!
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On weekends, I like to be loose as a goose.
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At the beach party, everyone was loose as a goose, dancing freely and laughing together.
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On vacation, he decided to be loose as a goose and take things easy without any worries.
Synonyms
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2.9
Not feeling worried or responsible
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2.6
Being calm and relaxed and not easily upset
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6.3
Behaving without strict rules and doing what you want
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5.7
Relaxed and friendly without following strict rules
Antonyms
How Relaxed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The comparative simile pattern 'as ADJ as N' and the literal meanings ('loose' = unrestrained; 'as' = comparison) let a learner infer a meaning of being very unrestrained, so part of the sense is directly recoverable. However, 'goose' does not carry a widely shared conventional association with looseness or carefree behaviour across languages, so the precise nuance and idiomatic flavor ('free-spirited, easygoing') are not fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
Loose as a goose may come from the image of a goose moving its head and wings in a loose, easy way after a swim or when it feels safe. That picture shows someone relaxed, so the phrase means 'very relaxed and carefree'.