Meaning of golden egg | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A source of consistent profit or advantage, or the profit gained by such advantage.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see golden, egg.

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Examples

“Here’s golden eggs in plenty, why not the Golden Age? — The time the world is waiting, the day-dream of the sage; […] The golden eggs of Eight-Seven, after four years’ incubation, Should hatch a brood to scratch⟳ the good from out the whole creation,”

“How certain Stockbrokers, not content with the golden eggs laid for them by a complaisant Goose, attempt⟳ to increase⟳ the output.”

“The more consistently you bring⟳ the same “golden egg” set⟳ of factors to a selling effort (integrity, professionalism, and reliability), the more probable a golden-egg outcome remains. On the other hand, with every new pose and posture you add⟳ to your bag of selling tricks, a golden-egg outcome becomes less and less probable, or more and more haphazard.”

“With sales about to shoot⟳ into the stratosphere and a new office in the works, sleep⟳ is relegated to a poor third place⟳. By day, Burgener is setting up the new office and fielding media requests, by night, he sits down to start⟳ the real work⟳ of programming for his golden egg, 20Q. Burgener’s invention, 20Q, is poised to become⟳ the next toy megahit.”

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