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a golden boy/girl someone who is successful and admired. Henman is the golden boy of British tennis this season. (often + of) golden handcuffs financial arrangements given by a company to an important employee in order to influence them to stay with the company. Share options are offered to top executives as golden handcuffs. a golden handshake a large sum of money which is given to someone when they leave a company, especially if they are forced to leave. The manager got early retirement and a £600,000 golden handshake when the company was restructured. a golden oldie a record that was very popular in the past and that people still know and like today. I listen to the Sunday morning show when they play all the golden oldies. a golden parachute if an important manager in a company has a golden parachute, the company agrees to give them a very large sum of money if they lose their job. He insisted on a substantial golden parachute as part of the package before taking up the post. kill the goose that lays the golden egg to destroy something that makes a lot of money. If you sell your shares now, you could be killing the goose that lays the golden egg. |
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