going through changes
To be in trouble, to have difficulties, to be trapped in unfavorable circumstances.
"What's the matter with Joe?" - "He's going through changes."
going to
Can be expected to; planning to. Used after is (or was, etc.), with an infinitive, in the same way will is used, to show future.
Some day that big tree is going to rot and fall.
Look at those dark clouds. It's going to rain.
The boys are going to practice football this afternoon.
For a minute Ben thought the car was going to hit him.
I was going to attend the meeting, but after supper I forgot about it.
Sometimes used without the infinitive.
That worn rope hasn't broken yet, but it's going to.
"Put some more wood on the fire." - "I'm going to."
gone goose
gone gosling
A person for whom there is no hope.
Herbert's grades have been so low that he is a gone goose for the year.
The man was a gone gosling when a policeman caught him breaking the store window.
gone with the wind
Gone forever; past; vanished.
All the Indians who used to live here are gone with the wind.
Joe knew that his chance to get an "A" was gone with the wind when he saw how hard the test was.
good evening
Hello or goodbye. Used as a formal greeting or salute when you meet or leave someone in the evening.
When the TV program began, an announcer appeared and said, "Good evening, everyone."
Finally Aunt May stood up and said, "I will not sell the house. Good evening, Mr. Flynn. "
good-for-nothing
Worthless.
While Janice works hard each day, her good-for-nothing husband hangs around in the bars.
got a thing going
To be engaged in a pleasurable or profitable activity with someone else as a partner either in romance or in mutually profitable business.
"You two seem to have got a thing going, haven't you?"
"You've got a good thing going with your travel bureau, why quit now?"
gravy train
The kind of job that brings in a much higher income than the services rendered would warrant.
Jack's job at the Athletic Club as Social Director is a regular gravy train.