kill the goose that lays the golden egg Meaning If you kill | English Language

kill the goose that lays the golden egg

Meaning
If you kill the goose that lays the golden egg, you destroy something that has made you a lot of money.

For example

Parents and agents of successful child actors and singers often kill the goose that laid the golden egg by making the kids work too much, and the kids lose the magic spark that made them special in the first place.

The thing that attracted tourists to the island was the peace and quiet. But greedy developers have killed the goose that laid the golden egg by opening noisy nightclubs, so no-one goes there now
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