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Hello everyone! My name is Stephen and in this video I'm going to explain six
English idioms and phrases about gold.
The first English idiom about gold is 'to have a heart of gold'.
If we say someone has a heart of gold, it means that they are a kind person and a good person.
They think about other people. For example, I might say to you 'My friend peter has a heart
of gold. When I was ill in hospital, he visited me every day'. The next English
idiom about gold is 'to be a gold digger'. In its literal sense, a gold digger is
someone who digs for gold and here we have a shovel, which is used for digging.
However, in modern times if we describe someone as a gold digger, what this means
is that they are having a romantic relationship with someone so that they
can get money and it's often used to describe a young woman who has married
and an older man who is very rich and the reason that she has married him is
because she wants money so people will call her - unkindly sometimes if it's not
true -
a gold digger. An example would be - 'I know that she is young and he is old and rich but she
really loves him. She isn't a gold digger'.
Next we have 'to be worth its weight in gold'.
These are some scales and we use these for weighing things. If we say that something
is worth its weight in gold,
it means that it is very valuable and very useful. For example, my ipad is worth
its weight in gold.
I use it for reading, for surfing on the internet and for so many things - I
couldn't be without it. It's worth its weight in gold.
The next idiom about gold is 'to be a gold mine'. Here we have a gold mine and
this is where miners mine gold or they dig for gold. However, if we describe
something as 'a gold mine', it means that it makes a lot of money.
An example would be a restaurant or a business. I might say to you 'my friend's
restaurant is a goldmine'. This means he makes a lot of money from that business.
The next English idiom about gold is 'to be as good as gold'.
This is usually used to describe children and their behavior so just
imagine that you have been looking after a friend's child. Your friend comes to
collect their child and asks you 'How has she been?' or 'How has he been?' and you
could answer 'She's been as good as gold' or 'He's been as good as gold'.
It means that the child has behaved themselves and they haven't been naughty.
Finally, we have 'like gold dust'. If something is like gold dust, it means
that it's very valuable and very difficult to get. For example, I might say
to you 'I have been trying to buy tickets for the concert. However, they are like
gold dust'. It means that they're extremely difficult to get [ERM] - very valuable - very hard to
find. This is British and Australian English. In America, speakers will simply
say 'like gold'. For example, 'concert tickets are like gold - no matter how hard
I try, I can't get one'. I hope you have enjoyed this video and that you found it
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