Tickets for the Oasis concert were like gold dust. We were really lucky to get them.
Skilled workers are like gold in the engineering industry.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
like gold dust — phrase very valuable or difficult to get because a lot of people want it Thesaurus: rare and sought aftersynonym worth a lot of moneysynonym Main entry: gold dust * * * like ˈgold dust idiom … Useful english dictionary
like gold dust — very valuable or difficult to get because a lot of people want it … English dictionary
gold dust — n [U] 1.) gold in the form of a fine powder 2.) be like gold dust BrE to be very valuable and difficult to find ▪ Cup final tickets are like gold dust … Dictionary of contemporary English
gold dust — gold ,dust noun uncount gold in the form of a powder like gold dust very valuable or difficult to get because a lot of people want it … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
be like gold dust — Brit. be very rare and valuable. → gold dust … English new terms dictionary
gold dust — 1) N UNCOUNT Gold dust is gold in the form of a fine powder. 2) N UNCOUNT If you say that a type of thing is like gold dust or is gold dust, you mean that it is very difficult to obtain, usually because everyone wants it. [BRIT] Tickets were like … English dictionary
gold dust — noun (U) 1 gold in the form of a fine powder 2 be like gold dust to be very valuable and difficult to find: Good secretaries are like gold dust … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
gold dust — noun fine particles of gold. Phrases be like gold dust Brit. be very rare and valuable … English new terms dictionary
gold dust — UK / US noun [uncountable] gold in the form of a powder • like gold dust … English dictionary
Gold dust — Gold Gold (g[=o]ld), n. [AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G. gold, Icel. gull, Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gul[thorn], Russ. & OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E. yellow. [root]49, 234. See {Yellow}, and cf. {Gild}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Chem.) A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
