worth its/one's weight in gold
worth its/one's weight in gold
Extremely valuable; singularly useful. The Roman playwright Plautus was fond of this metaphor, which also appeared in several Middle English works of the early fourteenth century. Somewhat later Henry Medwall (A Goodly Interlude of Nature, ca. 1500) wrote, “Nay ye ar worth thy weyght of gold,” thereby becoming among the first of thousands to use the expression. See also worth one's salt.
See also: gold, weight, worth
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- cold water, to pour/throw
- fond
- be fond of (someone or something)
- fond of
- fond of (someone or something)
- skin and bones, (nothing but)
- on top of the world, to be
- living doll, a
- know what/which side of the bread is buttered (on), to
- which way the wind blows, (to know)