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gold BrE /gəʊld/
NAmE /goʊld/► SEE ALLall that glitters/glistens/glisters is not golda gold mine(as) good as goldlike gold dusthave a heart of goldthe streets are paved with goldstrike goldbe worth your/its weight in gold
●ˌall that ˌglitters/ˌglistens/ˌglisters is not ˈgold (saying) not everything that seems good, attractive, etc. is actually good, etc. 发光的未必都是金子◆Don’t imagine that because they are rich, they are happy. All that glitters is not gold.
不要以为他们有钱就一定很幸福。有些事不能只看表面。 NOTE The verbs in this idiom all mean ‘shine brightly’. 这个习语中的动词均指“发光，闪亮”。 ●a ˈgold minea business or an activity that makes a large profit 金矿；金山；摇钱树；大财源◆That Internet cafe of his is a real gold mine.
他开的那家网吧真是棵摇钱树。●(as) good as ˈgold (of children 小孩) very well-behaved 表现很好；很听话◆The children were good as gold. They sat quietly and read all afternoon.
孩子们乖得很，整个下午都静静地坐着看书。●like ˈgold dustvery difficult to obtain because everyone wants it/them 像砂金一样稀少而又珍贵；难以获得；很难找到◆You can’t get those new trainers anywhere. They’re like gold dust.
你在哪儿也买不到那些新款运动鞋，它们就跟砂金一样难找。●have a heart of ˈgoldhave a very kind and helpful nature, even though it is not always obvious 有金子般的心；心肠很好◆I know he’s often bad-tempered but really, you know, he’s got a heart of gold.我知道他经常发脾气，但是，你要知道，其实他心肠很好。●the streets are ˌpaved with ˈgold (saying) used to say that it seems easy to make money in a place （表示在某地挣钱好像很容易）遍地是黄金◆More and more people are moving to the big cities, where they believe the streets are paved with gold.越来越多的人搬迁到了大城市，他们以为那里遍地是黄金。 ORIGIN In the traditional story of Dick Whittington, Dick goes to London because he is told that it is so rich that even the streets are paved with gold, but later finds out that this is not true. 在传统故事“迪克 ∙ 惠廷顿”中，迪克听说伦敦很富有，甚至连马路都铺满了黄金，于是去了那里，后来发现这一切都不是真的。●strike ˈgoldfind happiness, wealth, etc.; find exactly what you need 挖到了金子；找到幸福（或财富等）◆She hasn’t always been lucky with her boyfriends, but I think she’s struck gold this time.她在结交男朋友方面一直运气不佳，不过我想她这一次可找到称心如意的了。◆We’ve struck gold here. This book has everything we need.我们找到“金子”了，我们所需要的这本书里都有。●be ˌworth your/its ˌweight in ˈgoldbe very useful or valuable 非常有用；很有价值◆My assistant is worth her weight in gold.我的助手是不可多得的人才。 |