pot of gold
noun phrase
: something impossible to get or achieve
She's chasing after a pot of gold (at the end of the rainbow).
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Coppola coaxed Fred Astaire out of retirement to play a happy-go-lucky Irishman who buries a pot of gold in a valley near Fort Knox under the conviction that his stash will multiply in the verdant soil.
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
But America is not just a pot of gold to Eintracht’s CEO.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Despite that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, reaching for it has become a herculean struggle.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
With this new option to sell emission-reduction credits to airlines, there is a good possibility that a pot of gold will await companies that cut or offset their carbon emissions.
—Fred Krupp, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2019
All three players found their pot of gold elsewhere, with the latter two shoring up their weaknesses and ultimately reaching their potential.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Towers of almonds, covered haphazardly with plastic sheeting and held down by car tires, become a misty valley; a rainbow ends not in a pot of gold but at an opal-mine junk yard.
—Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
Related article Ancient pot of gold unearthed in Turkey hints at ‘gravest misfortune,’ researchers say
The team was also able to confirm that some unidentifiable metal pieces collected during the metal-detecting survey in 2012 also belonged to the bucket.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
Archaeologists from the University of Michigan have unearthed a pot of gold coins in the ancient Greek city of Notion, located in what is now western Turkey.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
But America is not just a pot of gold to Eintracht’s CEO.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Despite that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, reaching for it has become a herculean struggle.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
With this new option to sell emission-reduction credits to airlines, there is a good possibility that a pot of gold will await companies that cut or offset their carbon emissions.
—Fred Krupp, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2019
All three players found their pot of gold elsewhere, with the latter two shoring up their weaknesses and ultimately reaching their potential.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Towers of almonds, covered haphazardly with plastic sheeting and held down by car tires, become a misty valley; a rainbow ends not in a pot of gold but at an opal-mine junk yard.
—Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
Related article Ancient pot of gold unearthed in Turkey hints at ‘gravest misfortune,’ researchers say
The team was also able to confirm that some unidentifiable metal pieces collected during the metal-detecting survey in 2012 also belonged to the bucket.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
Archaeologists from the University of Michigan have unearthed a pot of gold coins in the ancient Greek city of Notion, located in what is now western Turkey.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Pot of gold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pot%20of%20gold. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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