kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

Kill the chicken to get the eggs, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ā J ī Q ǔ Lu ǎ n, which means to kill the chicken in order to get the eggs. This is a metaphor for greedy for immediate interests, regardless of long-term interests. From Aesop's fables.

Analysis of Idioms

To drink poison to quench thirst, to lose the big for the small; to be far sighted and kill two birds with one stone

The origin of Idioms

The fables of Aesop, the chicken with golden eggs.

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. example please don't try your best to save a little life for the people. Yao xueyin's Li Zicheng, Vol.2, Chapter 32

Idioms and allusions

Allusion 1

Once upon a time, there was a man who raised an old hen in his family. This hen was very good at laying eggs, but for a period of time, this hen never laid eggs and was still ill. The man thought that it was useless for the chicken not to lay eggs, so he killed the chicken. After breaking the chicken's stomach, he found that the cause of the chicken's illness turned out to be gallstones, big and small gallstones are like eggs. At the time of killing the chicken, Xianglin, the neighbor's quick talker, came to visit. After seeing it, he talked about it everywhere, saying that this man killed an old hen who could only lay eggs in a short-sighted way.

Allusion 2

Once upon a time, there was an old woman who raised an old hen. The hen was not only tall and fat, but also had a special treasure, that is, laying a golden egg every day. After the old woman got a golden egg every day, she didn't have to do anything. She had a good life. But she is a very greedy person, want to get more golden eggs as soon as possible, so often waiting for the chicken. This chicken can only lay one golden egg a day. The old woman thought that since it can lay golden eggs, it means that there are still many golden eggs in its stomach. In order to take out all the golden eggs, she killed the chicken. Unexpectedly, when she opened the belly of the chicken, there was no golden egg in it. She was very sorry, but it was too late. This idiom means to seek immediate interests, regardless of long-term interests.