goose that laid the golden egg
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De Wever, who only became prime minister in February, has likened the money to the fabled goose that laid the golden egg.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
In other words, the conditions amounted to killing the goose that laid the golden egg.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
"We don't hate tourists but the heritage foundation treats us like the goose that laid the golden egg."
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2018
“He said thousands of times that he believes government was killing the goose that laid the golden egg — that’s what drove him to run for Congress 20 years ago,” Schnittger said.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2015
But Ebright only hardened his position: “You will not be able to get your old prices much longer, it will just be impossible to pay them... the goose that laid the golden egg is gone.”
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
