出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第271页(260字)
比喻尽取所有,不留余地,只顾眼前利益,不顾长远利益,例只增税而不增产,无异于竭泽而渔,结果只会加深人民的穷困。
Merely to increase taxes and not production is like"killing the goose that lays the golden egg."The result will be a worsening of the people's livelihood.