golden ticket
golden ticket noun: a qualification, person or thing that can provide positive opportunities.
Noun
golden ticket (plural golden tickets)
- A qualification, person or thing that can provide positive opportunities.
- So the Harvard diploma is now, more than ever, a golden ticket to a certain kind of success.1998, Harvard Magazine, Volume 101, page 67
- The shiny brass trumpet that Pop bought was his golden ticket out of Poorville and onto the streets of the three F's Fame, Fortune and Freedom.2006, Ange Picillo, How I Became the President of the Self-Centered Club for Men, page 2
Forms of golden ticket
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Origin of golden ticket
From golden + ticket; from golden referring to something valuable or desirable and ticket as something necessary for obtaining something. Popularized by the winning tickets in Roald Dahl's 1964 book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Questions about golden ticket
- What does golden ticket mean?
- Golden ticket means a qualification, person or thing that can provide positive opportunities.
- What part of speech is golden ticket?
- Golden ticket is a noun.
- What is the plural of golden ticket?
- The plural of golden ticket is golden tickets.
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