kill the goose that lays the golden eggs (English, verb)
expansion: kill the goose that lays the golden eggs (third-person singular simple present kills the goose that lays the golden eggs, present participle killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, simple past and past participle killed the goose that laid the golden eggs)
Senses:
glosses: To seek short-term gain at the sacrifice of long-term profit.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: kills the goose that lays the golden eggs
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: killing the goose that lays the golden eggs
tags: participle
present
form: killed the goose that laid the golden eggs
tags: participle
past
form: killed the goose that laid the golden eggs
tags: past