golden goose

An increase in crime could kill the golden goose of tourism .

犯罪率的上升可能会扼杀旅游业这只产金蛋的鹅。

In those days the car industry was like a golden goose .

那时候，汽车工业就是会下金蛋的鹅。

Some credit companies might see college kids as their golden goose .

有些信用卡公司卡能将大学生看成他们的摇钱树。

And she ain 't gonna give up her golden goose .

她才不会放弃她那棵摇钱树呢。

And the golden Goose never visited his family again .

而那只金鹅再也没有回过他的家。

Not as good as the golden goose .

没有在金鹅说的那句好。

The girl 's got a golden goose .

这个女孩有一只金色的鹅。

So did the Knicks really just lose a marketing golden goose ?

所以，林书豪转会是否意味着，尼克斯队真的失去了一只“下金蛋的鹅”？

To the left a little eminence appeared , spotted with golden goose .

左边出现了一座点缀着金雀花的小丘。

This golden goose was in fact fed by the flesh and blood of innumerable Chinese coolies .

这棵摇钱树是用数不清的中华劳工的血肉浇灌出来的。

This is our alchemy and our golden goose .

这是为我们的炼金术和我们的金鸭子。

The NY Times hints that we are in direct competition with the Chinese over this future golden goose ( the green economy ) .

纽约时报暗示我们与在这个未来的黄金鹅（绿色经济中的直接竞争）。

But next time the golden Goose appeared to leave a feather for his daughters , the widow was at home alone .

可是，金鹅再次来给女儿们金羽毛时，只有寡妇一个人在家。

The thing that worries investors , though , is that the company 's golden goose - its search engine - is showing signs of age .

不过，令投资者感到担忧的是，公司的摇钱树——搜索引擎——正呈现出衰落的迹象。

At the time that Hong Kong was being handed back to China in 1997 , many local pundits worried that China would slay the golden goose .

1997年香港回归时，许多香港本土的评论家都担心中国会宰掉这只“金鹅”。

It is always hard to see whether the North Sea oil is profitable and whether the Government action is killing off the golden goose before it lays golden eggs .

北海石油是否有利可图，政府的举措是否是断绝财源，这些部题一直叫人难判断。杀鸡取金蛋；只图眼前需要，断绝将来财源。

Instead , certainly in terms of the funds industry , China appears to be trying to protect its golden goose to ensure that it is first in line for the ensuing benefits .

事实恰恰相反，中国似乎正竭力保护属于自己的这只金鹅，以确保自己能够最先获得相应的利益。当然，这是就基金行业而言。

Arguably the greater threat to Microsoft are free alternatives to its software and Windows operating system being developed at Google , a company awash with cash from its golden goose of search .

可以说，对微软更大的威胁，是谷歌正在开发的可以替代其软件和Windows操作系统的免费产品。由于拥有搜索业务这只金鹅，谷歌拥有充沛的现金。

You don 't sell off a " golden goose ": These public assets generate hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue each year , that can be used for hospitals , schools and other public services .

抛售的并不是“金鹅”：公共财产每年产生的百亿税收可以被用在医院、学校和其他公共服务部门。