英语词汇“golden egg”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

golden egg n. a source of continual or guaranteed success, profit, or wealth (cf. golden goose n.).With allusion to the fable of Aesop in which a goose that lays a golden egg each day is killed by its owners for the gold supposed by them to be inside it, with the result that they are deprived of the daily wealth they had previously enjoyed. Cf. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs at goose n. 1d.Frequently as part of an extended metaphor.

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1756 Let. Side of Shannon 23 When reduced to misery and rags.., they had better been contented with a golden egg a day.

1841 Dramatic Mirror 30 Oct. 93/3 As yet it [sc. the theatre piece] has not hatched a golden egg for the manager.

1897 Los Angeles Times 14 Sept. 7/2 (headline) A golden egg. It is what the Southern Pacific calls the oil trade.

1938 Kansas City Med. Jrnl. Mar. 4/2 The golden egg of American medicine has developed and progressed.

1976 Financial Times 2 Mar. 4/7 Boeing has also hired former officers, some of whom, he said ‘look for the golden egg when they retire’.

2014 Examiner (Austral.) (Nexis) 16 Dec. 17 A reckless and irresponsible decision surely, to smash the golden egg and destroy who knows how many jobs along with it.

单词	golden egg
释义	> as lemmas golden egg golden egg n. a source of continual or guaranteed success, profit, or wealth (cf. golden goose n.).With allusion to the fable of Aesop in which a goose that lays a golden egg each day is killed by its owners for the gold supposed by them to be inside it, with the result that they are deprived of the daily wealth they had previously enjoyed. Cf. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs at goose n. 1d.Frequently as part of an extended metaphor. ΚΠ 1756 Let. Side of Shannon 23 When reduced to misery and rags.., they had better been contented with a golden egg a day. 1841 Dramatic Mirror 30 Oct. 93/3 As yet it [sc. the theatre piece] has not hatched a golden egg for the manager. 1897 Los Angeles Times 14 Sept. 7/2 (headline) A golden egg. It is what the Southern Pacific calls the oil trade. 1938 Kansas City Med. Jrnl. Mar. 4/2 The golden egg of American medicine has developed and progressed. 1976 Financial Times 2 Mar. 4/7 Boeing has also hired former officers, some of whom, he said ‘look for the golden egg when they retire’. 2014 Examiner (Austral.) (Nexis) 16 Dec. 17 A reckless and irresponsible decision surely, to smash the golden egg and destroy who knows how many jobs along with it. extracted from goldenadj.n. < as lemmas
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