mine\ of\ information

mine\ of\ information
n. phr.
A person, a book, etc., that is a valuable source of information.

A dictionary can be a mine of information.

He is a mine of information on the stock market.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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