英語習語諺語成語用法精粹 文學名著類2-34 kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

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【字面理解】殺掉下金蛋的

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

【中文解析】殺雞取卵，竭澤而漁;斷絕財路

【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.他們把一部分生意轉手了，但 這部分利潤最大。我想他們是殺雞取卵。

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.我們不能 因為不贊同某些國家的政治觀點而中止同他們的貿 易往來，這無異于斷了我們的財源。

【注釋】源自《伊索寓言?下金蛋的鵝》(Aesop’s Fables: The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs)： 一個農夫意外 得到一只會下金蛋的鵝，于是靠著這只鵝每天下一個 金蛋來生活。但是日子一長，農夫開始變得越來越貪 心，于是將鵝殺掉> 希望能一次性得到所有的金蛋。 結果他什么也沒得到，反而失去了這只會下金蛋的 鵝。后來就用該習語比喻只知道貪圖眼前利益卻不 顧將來的發(fā)展。