Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

killing the goose that lays the golden eggs

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables
killing the -goose that lays the -gold-en eg-gs
IPA
58
Scrabble Score
36
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

Questions

What does killing the goose that lays the golden eggs mean?
present participle and gerund of kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

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