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1 the goose that laid the golden eggs
источник обогащения; ≈ курица, несущая золотые яйца [часть выражения to kill the goose that laid или lays the golden eggs]; см. kill the goose that laid the golden eggs...he could see that McGrath, upon the death of the goose that laid the golden eggs, might well be carried away by the impulse to make a last packet out of his poor employer. (J. Murdoch, ‘The Nice and the Good’, ch. 8) —...Дакейн понимал, что после смерти Радичи, этой курицы, несущей золотые яйца, Мак-Грату могло прийти в голову в последний раз поживиться за счет своего несчастного хозяина.
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2 kill the goose that laid the golden eggs
уничтожить источник собственного благосостояния ≈ убить курицу, несущую золотые яйца [выражение из басни Эзопа]; см. тж. the goose that laid the golden eggsA person who is blackmailing doesn't want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs... (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito’, ch. 23) — Шантажист никогда не убьет свою жертву, эту курицу, которая несет ему золотые яйца.
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3 kill the goose that laid (or lays) the golden eggs
уничтoжить иcтoчник coбcтвeннoгo блaгococтoяния; убить куpицу, нecущую зoлoтыe яйцa [выpaжeниe из бacни Эзoпa] A person who is blackmailing doesn't want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs (E. S. Gardner). As London's Daily Telegraph put it in an editorial, 'Unless tourism is brought under firmer discipline, it will destroy itself. We think we are within measurable distance of killing the goose which lays the golden eggs' (Time)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > kill the goose that laid (or lays) the golden eggs
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4 goose
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5 lay
I [leɪ] v(laid [leɪd])1) кластьIt laid the foundation for his success (for new developments). — Это положило начало его успеху (нового развития).
- lay smb on the bed- lay smth on the table
- scene is laid in a small town2) накрывать, сервироватьII [leɪ] v
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