English Explanatory Dictionary

golden egg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A source of consistent profit or advantage, or the profit gained by such advantage.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see golden, egg.

Word forms

golden egg golden eggs

Etymology

Allusion to “The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs”, one of Aesop’s Fables. Attested from the 18th century. Compare golden goose, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

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