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good as gold

good as gold adjective: of an asset, of high and enduring value.

Adjective

good as gold (not comparable)

  1. (New Zealand, especially, simile) Of an asset, of high and enduring value.
    Synonyms:
    goldlike
  2. (UK, especially, simile) Of a person, very well-behaved (especially of a child); very good-hearted (especially of an adult).
    • But to be sure baby was as good as gold, a perfect little dote in his new fancy bib.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Synonyms of good as gold

Origin of good as gold

In the sense of high and enduring value, with literal origins in trade (currency exchange and barter), where any given currency or commodity may be worth as much as gold or hyperbolically described as such.

Questions about good as gold

What does good as gold mean?
Good as gold means of an asset, of high and enduring value.
What part of speech is good as gold?
Good as gold is an adjective.

Words near good as gold in the dictionary

  1. good and
  2. good and proper
  3. good article
  4. good articles
  5. good artists copy, great artists steal
  6. good as gold
  7. good as new
  8. good as one's word
  9. good as wheat in the bin
  10. good bet
  11. good bishop

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