STUMPERS XXVI

What common eight-letter expression, meaning "failure," contains three pairs of double letters?  The first letter is G, the fourth is S, and the expression consists of two words.

This is what the expression looks like with the two words run together. 

G _ _ S _ _ _ _

The first pair of double letters comes after the G. The second pair after the S, and the third pair finishes the expression.

HINT:
This is what the expression looks like with the two words separated:

G _ _ S _      _ _ _

Answer:

GOOSE EGG

Credit: GAMES Magazine - Sept./Oct. 1980
Will Shortz
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