英语习语谚语成语用法精粹 文学名著类2-34 kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

【字面理解】杀掉下金蛋的

【英文解析】to destroy something that is profitable to you

【中文解析】杀鸡取卵，竭泽而渔;断绝财路

【典型例句】① They sold part of their business but it was the most profitable part. I think that they have killed the goose that lays the golden eggs.他们把一部分生意转手了，但 这部分利润最大。我想他们是杀鸡取卵。

② We cannot afford to stop trading with certain countries just because we disagree with their politics~ that would be killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.我们不能 因为不赞同某些国家的政治观点而中止同他们的贸 易往来，这无异于断了我们的财源。

【注释】源自《伊索寓言?下金蛋的鹅》(Aesop’s Fables: The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs)： 一个农夫意外 得到一只会下金蛋的鹅，于是靠着这只鹅每天下一个 金蛋来生活。但是日子一长，农夫开始变得越来越贪 心，于是将鹅杀掉> 希望能一次性得到所有的金蛋。 结果他什么也没得到，反而失去了这只会下金蛋的 鹅。后来就用该习语比喻只知道贪图眼前利益却不 顾将来的发展。