goldmine

be sitting on a gold mine

To have immediate access to a plentiful amount of something valuable or desirable, especially something that one has not yet profited from. Who knew that my grandfather was sitting on a gold mine of priceless antiques all these years? If your social networking site is attracting millions of new users every month, then you guys are definitely sitting on a gold mine.
See also: gold, mine, on, sitting

gold mine

1. Literally, a mine where gold ore is found and excavated. Also written as "goldmine." More than 500 workers have become trapped in a gold mine after a minor earthquake cause the mineshaft to collapse.
2. An enterprise, opportunity, or resource that is or has the potential to be extremely profitable. The social networking site has since become a veritable gold mine, attracting millions of new users every month and generating staggering amounts of money from ad revenue. If we can secure the merger deal with the pharmaceutical giant in London, I'm sure it will prove to be a gold mine!
3. A person, place, or thing containing a plentiful amount of something valuable or desirable. Who knew that my grandfather's attic would turn out to be a gold mine of priceless antiques? This database is a gold mine for anyone interested in medical research trials. Our professor is a gold mine of information about medieval French literature.
See also: gold, mine

gold mine of information

Something that yields a lot of valuable or useful information. I've never met any of these relatives before, so your photo albums will be a gold mine of information.
See also: gold, information, mine, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

(a) gold mine of information

Fig. someone or something that is full of information. Grandfather is a gold mine of information about World War I. The new encyclopedia is a positive gold mine of useful information.
See also: gold, information, mine, of
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

gold mine

A rich, plentiful source of wealth or some other desirable thing, as in That business proved to be a gold mine, or She's a gold mine of information about the industry. [First half of 1800s]
See also: gold, mine
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • a slew of (something)
  • a fast talker
  • a slue of (something)
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • all right
  • a horse of another
  • a horse of another color
  • a horse of another colour
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Responding to customer requests for tighter integration between front- and back-office data, FrontRange Solutions has announced the general release of GoldMine Plus Accounting 4.0.
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Loaded with details of the financing, casting, production, and distribution of Killer films like Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Happiness, and Velvet Goldmine, A Killer Life follows the production company from its bag-lunch days to buffets at Cannes.
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