kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
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kill the goose that lays the golden eggs — idiom
1. to ruin something that regularly provides you with money or benefits by being gr
1.idiom
Definition
to ruin something that regularly provides you with money or benefits by being greedy or making a short-sighted decision
Example
By raising the rent so high, the landlord killed the goose that laid the golden eggs — now all the shops are empty.