golden goose
Fabled wealth source
A golden goose is a source of continuous wealth or profit, from the fable about a goose that laid golden eggs—killed by its greedy owner who wanted all the gold at once.
The phrase usually appears as a warning against destroying something valuable through short-sighted greed: Don't kill the golden goose.
Tourism is the region's golden goose.
Ancient Greek fable writer
- parableInstructive allegorical narrative
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- taleSpoken or written narrative
- lessonUnit of teaching
allegory · cautionary · folktale · wisdom · myth · storytelling · narrative · proverb
Abundance of valuable resources
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- affluenceAbundance of money
treasure · eggs · laying · steady · income · revenue · profit · asset
Excessive desire for riches
- killCause death
- shortsightedUnable to see ahead
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- impatienceIntolerance of delay
hoarding · grasping · rapacity · insatiability · foolishness · selfishness · squander · ruin
Aesop
Ancient Greek fable writer
- parableInstructive allegorical narrative
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- taleSpoken or written narrative
lesson · allegory · cautionary · folktale · wisdom · myth · storytelling · narrative · proverb · didactic
wealth
Abundance of valuable resources
affluence · treasure · eggs · laying · steady · income · revenue · profit · asset · investment
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- killCause death
- shortsightedUnable to see ahead
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
impatience · hoarding · grasping · rapacity · insatiability · foolishness · selfishness · squander · ruin · materialism
preserve
Protect from loss
- protectKeep from harm
- nurtureSupport growth and development
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
longevity · patience · foresight · renewable · conservation · maintain · sustain · cultivate · safeguard · husbandry
- fairy taledragon, witch, troll, giant, elf
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, folk tales, folk tale
- bird expressionsearly bird, birdbrain, bird brain, lovebirds, jailbird
- Color Idiomsblack sheep, blue moon, green light, red flag, white lie
- farm idiomsmake hay while the sun shines, cream of the crop, put the cart before the horse, till the cows come home, buy the farm
- moral talesfable, parable, moral stories, allegory, moral fables
golden goosemoney pit
Endlessly expensive undertaking
white elephant · albatross · bottomless pit · liability · burden
golden goosecurse
Invoked harm through words
bad penny · poisoned chalice · Pandora's box · kiss of death · Trojan horse
golden, goldfish, gilded, golfer, golfing, golfs, golfed, goldenrod, goldsmith