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KILL GOOSE THAT LAYS GOLDEN EGGS [1 record]

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Record 1 2018-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Idiomatic Expressions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Expressions idiomatiques
DEF

Entamer un capital, se priver de gros profits à venir en échange d'un petit intérêt immédiat.

OBS

Cette expression remonte au début du XIXe siècle, mais correspond pour le sens à «tuer la poule pour avoir l'œuf», attestée au XVIIIe siècle et inspirée d'une légende qui remonte à Ésope, que Jean de La Fontaine a acclimatée en France dans une de ses fables.

OBS

Traduction littérale de l'expression anglaise «kill the goose that lays the golden eggs» : tuer l'oie qui pond les œufs d'or.

Key term(s)
  • tuer la poule pour avoir l'œuf

Spanish

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