to destroy something that is profitable to you mostly because of greed.
to destroy the one thing that makes a lot of money for you.
to destroy a source of income or livelihood through a short-sighted action.
By selling off his business, Alex killed the goose that lays the golden egg.
A lot of people kill the goose that lays the golden egg in their pursuit of other business endeavours they feel are more profitable.
His parents think that giving up football for music will be akin to killing the goose that lays the golden egg.
No one should kill the goose that lays the golden egg else they might be stuck in poverty.
There is no origin for this idiom
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