English-Italian translations for goose

ocaQuesto mi ricorda un poco la politica dell' oca natalizia che cerca di differire il Natale. I am reminded of the policy of the Christmas goose trying to postpone Christmas. Quando s’infila un imbuto nella gola di un’oca e la si ingozza di mais, è impossibile dire che non si stanno causando sofferenze o lesioni all’animale. If you stick a funnel down a goose's throat and force-feed it with maize, there is no way that you are not causing suffering or injury. Si ha l'impressione che se il paté d'oca per il gourmand francese è una delizia che si scioglie in bocca, il benessere degli animali passi facilmente in secondo piano. It rather seems to be saying that, if a French gourmet thinks goose liver is a mouth-watering delicacy, he is not thinking very seriously about the interests of animals.
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Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks
The flesh of the goose used as food
A silly person
A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics
A young woman or girlfriend
To sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks. Derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters
To gently accelerate an automobile or machine, or give repeated small taps on the accelerator
To hiss off the stage

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