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From the Aesop's fable The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs, in which a married couple own a goose that lays one golden egg every day. For greed, they decide to kill the goose to obtain all the gold they suppose to be inside. Once opened, the goose proves to be like any normal goose inside.
kill the goose that lays the golden eggs (三人称単数 現在形 kills the goose that lays the golden eggs, 現在分詞 killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, 過去形および過去分詞形 killed the goose that laid the golden eggs)
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
of a chick to emerge from its eggshell
pawn your grandfather's gold watch
The light struck the golden necklace
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
The hen was sitting on the eggs in the nest.
Hard-boiled eggs will constipate one―bind the bowels.
You must be careful not to drop the eggs.
We are fresh out of eggs.
of a chick to emerge from its eggshell
a newly-hatched chick
Allowing for accidents, we shall have 80 chickens.