present participle of kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

simple past tense and past participle of kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

Draws attention to the futility of a plan or strategy in the absence of the resources necessary for it to work.

To rely on a single source (as of income), rather than diversifying.

It is better to have a sure thing now than a possibility of more later.

(idiomatic) Most things are inherited and predetermined.

(rare) Synonym of there's more than one way to skin a cat

(rare) Synonym of there's more than one way to skin a cat

Alternative form of if we had ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs

Do not dedicate all your resources to one project. / Do not count on any one thing to safeguard what is valuable.