Am sitting on a goldmine In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "am sitting on a goldmine", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

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Meaning of Am sitting on a goldmine (redirected from be sitting on a gold mine )

Be sitting on a gold mine phrase

To possess something very valuable, especially without realizing it

Only when the valuer told me how precious this stone is, I realized that I was sitting on gold mine.

The land he inherited is very valuable, yet he doesn't know he is sitting on gold mine.

Other phrases about:

possession is nine points/tenths/parts of the law

A proverb used to express that someone have strongly possession over something after a long time of using/keeping it. Others can not take it away from he/she, even if they have the legal rights to do so. 

Grammar and Usage of Be sitting on a gold mine

Verb Forms

  • is/am sitting on a gold mine
  • was/were sitting on a gold mine
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