worth your weight in gold
worth its/(one's) weight in gold
Very valuable, important, or useful. When you're in a foreign country, you'll find that a translator is worth his weight in gold. A computer system that didn't crash all the time would be worth its weight in gold around here!
See also: gold, weight, worth
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
worth your weight in gold
If you say that someone or something is worth their weight in gold, you mean that they are extremely helpful or useful. An employee that you can trust to do these tasks is worth their weight in gold. A caller display device is worth its weight in gold.
See also: gold, weight, worth
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- worth its/(one's) weight in gold
- worth one's weight in gold
- be worth its/(one's) weight in gold
- be worth your weight in gold
- be worth your/its weight in gold
- worth its weight in gold
- gold mine of information
- brain is better than brawn
- hit/strike pay dirt
- pay dirt, hit