Idiom
golden goose
Meaning
Something that generates much profit or gives great advantages.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That small shop is the golden goose for the family business.”
“The company decided not to sell its most popular software because it was their golden goose.”
“By firing the talented lead developer, the management foolishly killed the golden goose that had sustained their market dominance for years.”
Examples
simple
“That small shop is the golden goose for the family business.”
contextual
“The company decided not to sell its most popular software because it was their golden goose.”
complex
“By firing the talented lead developer, the management foolishly killed the golden goose that had sustained their market dominance for years.”
Origin
See kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
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