Ted struck gold near an abandoned mine in California.
Professor Brown's assistant struck gold when he came up with an equation that explained the irregular motions of a double star.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
strike gold — phrase to suddenly become very rich or successful as a result of finding or doing something He seems to have struck gold with his first film. Thesaurus: to be, or to become successfulsynonym to earn a lot of money or earn money easilysynonym… … Useful english dictionary
strike gold — Ⅰ. strike gold [T] INFORMAL ► to do something that makes you very successful or rich, especially in a way that is unexpected: »After a slow start, the carmaker finally struck gold in the US. Main Entry: ↑strike Ⅱ. strike oil/gold … Financial and business terms
strike gold — If you strike gold, you find exactly what you need : satisfaction, wealth, happiness, etc. I think she struck gold this time in her new job. It suits her perfectly … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
strike gold — {v. phr.} 1. To find gold. * /Ted struck gold near an abandoned mine in California./ 2. To find suddenly the answer to an old puzzle. * /Professor Brown s assistant struck gold when he came up with an equation that explained the irregular motions … Dictionary of American idioms
strike gold — {v. phr.} 1. To find gold. * /Ted struck gold near an abandoned mine in California./ 2. To find suddenly the answer to an old puzzle. * /Professor Brown s assistant struck gold when he came up with an equation that explained the irregular motions … Dictionary of American idioms
strike gold — informal 1. to become rich. Some investors have struck gold investing in airlines. 2. to win a gold medal (= a round piece of metal given as a prize) in a sports competition. Not since the 1964 Olympics, when Ann Packer and Mary Rand struck gold… … New idioms dictionary
strike gold — verb a) To find gold b) To be lucky, to win or be successful … Wiktionary
strike gold — to suddenly become very rich or successful as a result of finding or doing something He seems to have struck gold with his first film … English dictionary
gold — [gəʊld ǁ goʊld] noun [uncountable] 1. a valuable soft metal used to make jewellery, coins etc, and formerly used in a system in which the value of the standard unit of a currency is equal to a fixed weight of gold of a particular quality: • On… … Financial and business terms
strike — strike1 [ straık ] (past tense and past participle struck [ strʌk ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 hit against ▸ 2 hit with hand, etc. ▸ 3 make violent attack ▸ 4 protest by not working ▸ 5 affect someone/something suddenly ▸ 6 when you think something ▸ 7 press … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
