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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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I suspect that most people assumed that he would simply do what he did in the first term and make a big show of it without actually killing the golden goose of a good economy.

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"No one wants to kill the golden goose or impose unnecessary bureaucracy", but the Premier League had to "discharge its responsibilities", he argued.

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Underconsumption-core and no-buys aren’t remotely in the same conversation as, say, wealthy influencers hawking distressed $600 Golden Goose sneakers in a manner that critics have slammed as “poverty appropriation.â€

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And possibly some of his erstwhile supporters in the business community who really didn't think he'd be dumb enough to kill the golden goose.

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BBC Newsbeat previously spoke to James Batchelor, former editor-in-chief of Gamesindustry.biz, who said the Assassin's Creed series is a "golden goose" for Ubisoft.

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