To seek short term gain at the sacrifice of long term profit.

Etymology:

  • From the Aesop's fable The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs, in which a married couple own a goose that lays one golden egg every day. For greed, they decide to kill the goose to obtain all the gold they suppose to be inside. Once opened, the goose proves to be like any normal goose inside.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'kill the goose that lays the golden eggs':

Kill the Goose that Lays the Golden EggsTo spoil something good with one’s absurd actions, intolerance and greed
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töte die Gans, die die goldenen Eier legt

mortigi la anseron, kiu metas la orajn ovojn

matar a la gallina de los huevos de oro

matar a galinha dos ovos de ouro.

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