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golden goose

noun

  1. a legendary goose that laid one golden egg a day and was killed by its impatient owner, who wanted all the gold immediately.


golden goose

noun

  1. a goose in folklore that laid a golden egg a day until its greedy owner killed it in an attempt to get all the gold at once
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The program, called Walmart GoLocal, opens new revenue streams for the company by expanding its access to inventory and increasing delivery density, the golden goose of logistics business models.

It’s important to explode the myth that fracking is a golden goose because it takes away one of the primary justifications for a polluting industry.

That's the golden goose, and Klein misses it in his effort to be fair and comprehensive.

For amateur cooks, the perfect roast turkey sits on the horizon, like some unattainable golden goose.

The golden goose can sell her eggs for a good price, if she isn't killed by too much driving.

When the enormous golden goose, streaming with gravy, was on the table, they did not attack it at once.

The Greek knew that the Jew was a wise man, and would not kill his golden goose.

Its banks were not banks of issue, nor were its beds stuffed with the feathers of the Golden Goose.

But work done, for the artist, is the Golden Goose killed; you sell its feathers and lament the eggs.

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