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Oct 28, 2012 · Oct 28, 2012. #3. I don't agree with Baltic. The difference is simply that golden is an adjective and gold is a noun and an adjective. "Golden" is not just for color; it can mean made of gold, or gold-colored or a wide range of favorable things, such as splendid, advantageous. If I am describing an object I may say it is golden or gold-colored ...
Oct 19, 2008 · Oct 20, 2008. #3. There was apparently an old saying 'every honest miller has a thumb of gold' -- but authorities disagree what this meant. Some possible explanations: 1) Honest millers were as rare as men with gold thumbs. 2) Successful millers had their "thumb on the scales" when weighing flour, and by cheating made themselves rich.
Nov 29, 2018 · Nov 29, 2018. #7. It's a golden oldie. This usually refers to hit records, but there's no reason why it can't be used in context to describe a joke: That was one of my father's golden oldie jokes. "Did you take a bath?"
Oct 21, 2020 · Oct 21, 2020. #1. Dear all, is "the first pot of gold" an idiomatic expression in English? In Chinese there is an expression that can be translated literally as "the first bucket/barrel of gold" which means the first fortune you made in your life, and with it as your initial capital you have built up a larger fortune later.
Aug 20, 2013 · Chinese,Cantonese,Sichuan dialect. Aug 20, 2013. #1. Hi, There is a Chinese saying meaning exactly the same as "If you are gold, you will glitter sooner or later", and I know there is an proverb "All that glitters is not gold". So I am wondering if this makes sense to you?
Jul 21, 2012 · Igbo. Jul 21, 2012. #1. I know of the idioms "on a silver platter" and "on a plate" which mean to get something or achieve something e.t.c without effort but many people in my country use "on a platter of gold" to mean "on a silver platter"e.g Henry got the job on a platter of gold. Please is there any idiom like "on a platter of gold" or is it ...
Feb 2, 2012 · British English. Feb 2, 2012. #2. Yes. Other examples would be: "...with her curls of glossy golden hair." "...and bake until golden." Try substituting 'gold' in those sentences and imagine the scenarios in the hairdressers (who wouldn't want the job of sweeping up the hair off the floor; and you'd find a lot more men in kitchens baking scones!)
Nov 20, 2014 · London. English - South-East England. Nov 20, 2014. #4. 'Gold' is just a predicative complement here, an adjective: the light turned the walls gold (it made them yellowish), but the object is long and includes a long participial phrase, so the short word 'gold' is put first to get it out of the way. It's literary style to do this.
Nov 7, 2008 · English - US. Nov 7, 2008. #3. I agree that golden might be better here, but I think this is only because it is a more traditional word to use with with hair. Gold as an adjective for anything made of the metal is very common (gold coins, gold medals). Gold as an adjective for the color has examples in the OED from 1590 to 1966.
Mar 3, 2006 · Mar 3, 2006. #12. river said: "Time is gold" or "Time is golden" is an Albanian proverb that roughly translates to "Time is money." In English, time is golden and time is money have come to have different nuances. In the latter, one is reminded not to waste time with unproductive activities.
