古诗名句

释义

把雞殺了，取出腹中的蛋。比喻為貪圖眼前的好處而斷絕了長遠的利益。典出《伊索寓言．生金蛋的雞》。_x000D_
△「竭澤而漁」

原文与出处

the hen and the golden eggs〈生金蛋的雞〉

a _x000D_
*1*cottager_x000D_
and his wife had a _x000D_
*2*hen_x000D_
,which _x000D_
*3*laid_x000D_
every day a golden egg. they supposed that it must contain a great _x000D_
*4*lump_x000D_
of gold in its inside,and killed it _x000D_
*5*in order that_x000D_
they might get it,when to their surprise they found that the hen differed _x000D_
*6*in no respect_x000D_
from their other hens. the foolish pair,thus hoping to become rich _x000D_
*7*all at once_x000D_
,_x000D_
*8*deprived_x000D_
themselves of the gain of which they were day by day _x000D_
*9*assured_x000D_
.∼the fables of _x000D_
*10*aesop_x000D_
（《伊索寓言》）_x000D_
譯文：從前有位農夫，他和妻子養了一隻母雞。這隻母雞每天都會下一顆金蛋，他們便以為母雞的肚子裡一定有一大塊金子。為了要得到這塊金子，他們宰了這隻母雞，但卻發現牠和其他母雞並沒有什麼不同。這對愚蠢的夫婦為了想一夕致富，連他們原本每天穩得的利益，也因此喪失了。