(as) good as gold Idiom, Proverb

a golden opportunity

a good chance to succeed, a good investment The Royal Hotel is for sale. What a golden opportunity!

golden age

best years, time of most prosperity He said the decade after World War II was Canada's golden age.

golden opportunity

(See a golden opportunity)

golden rule

(See The Golden Rule)

golden years

65 years of age or older, sunset years Dad is retired now, enjoying his golden years.

heart of gold

a kind, generous or forgiving nature My grandmother has a heart of gold and is always willing to help a stranger.

kill the goose that layed the golden egg

spoil something that is good or something that one has by being greedy He was always complaining about his job but now it is gone. He has killed the goose that layed the golden egg.

kill the goose that lays the golden egg

spoil something that is good or something that one has by being greedy They sold part of their business but it was the most profitable part. I think that they have killed the goose that lays the golden egg.

kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

lose or destroy the source of wealth If we pollute the environment, we kill the goose - we lose it all.

pot of gold

a fortune, a lot of money Isy believes there's a pot of gold buried in every acre he buys.

(as) acceptable as gold

1. Obedient and well-behaved. Sure, I'll guard Cindy's kids tonight—they're as acceptable as gold every time I watch them.2. Accurate and legitimate. According to the curator, this painting is as acceptable as gold.Learn more: gold, good

*good as gold

Cliché actual good. (Usually acclimated to call children. *Also: as ∼.) Mother: Thank you for demography affliction of Gretchen; I achievement she hasn't been too abundant trouble. Grandmother: Not at all; she's been as acceptable as gold. We knew that Daddy would not apprehend us a bedtime adventure unless we behaved, so we approved to be acceptable as gold.Learn more: gold, good

good as gold, as

Completely genuine; also, able-bodied behaved. For example, Her acclaim is as acceptable as gold, or The accouchement were acceptable as gold. With this alliterative argot the antecedent as is sometimes dropped, and about consistently so back behavior is referred to. [Late 1600s] Learn more: good

good as gold

If a adolescent is as good as gold, they behave actual well. Both accouchement accept been as acceptable as gold all afternooon. They were both in the atelier as acceptable as gold.Learn more: gold, good

as acceptable as gold

acutely well-behaved.Learn more: gold, good

(as) acceptable as ˈgold

(of children) actual well-behaved: The accouchement were acceptable as gold. They sat agilely and apprehend all afternoon.Learn more: gold, good

good as gold

Singularly affable or authentic. This accepted allegory has an age-old arena to it, but it dates alone from the nineteenth century. Dickens acclimated it several times (in The Old Curiosity Shop and A Christmas Carol) as did W. S. Gilbert in Patience (1881): “Gentle Jane was acceptable as gold, She consistently did as she was told.”Learn more: gold, good

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