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2022-03-20 04:03
Be worth its/(one's) weight in gold phrase
To be particularly valuable, useful, or helpful.
The information provided by this book is worth their weight in gold.
As a girlfriend, she is worth its weight in gold to me.
The advertising campaign is worth its weight in gold. It generated massive sales last month.
Employees like her are worth their weight in gold for my company.
Something would be suitable or useful in a particular situation.
1. Work in exchange for food or accommodation
2. Be worth the expenses spent on someone or something
To be beneficial to someone or something
To have great value
To be useful.
This metaphoric term dates from Roman times and appeared in English by the early 1300s.
Do you see anything wrong?
A humorous way of saying that what one has said is just what they acknowledge and may not be entirely accurate
Mike: Have you returned from your vacation on the beach? Your skin seems to get tanned.
Jenny: My skin is always dark. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
