After a slow start, the carmaker finally struck gold in the US.
The company announced it had struck oil at one of its wells in Siberia.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
strike gold — phrase to suddenly become very rich or successful as a result of finding or doing something He seems to have struck gold with his first film. Thesaurus: to be, or to become successfulsynonym to earn a lot of money or earn money easilysynonym… … Useful english dictionary
strike gold — If you strike gold, you find exactly what you need : satisfaction, wealth, happiness, etc. I think she struck gold this time in her new job. It suits her perfectly … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
strike gold — {v. phr.} 1. To find gold. * /Ted struck gold near an abandoned mine in California./ 2. To find suddenly the answer to an old puzzle. * /Professor Brown s assistant struck gold when he came up with an equation that explained the irregular motions … Dictionary of American idioms
strike gold — {v. phr.} 1. To find gold. * /Ted struck gold near an abandoned mine in California./ 2. To find suddenly the answer to an old puzzle. * /Professor Brown s assistant struck gold when he came up with an equation that explained the irregular motions … Dictionary of American idioms
strike\ gold — v. phr. 1. To find gold. Ted struck gold near an abandoned mine in California. 2. To find suddenly the answer to an old puzzle. Professor Brown s assistant struck gold when he came up with an equation that explained the irregular motions of a… … Словарь американских идиом
strike gold — informal 1. to become rich. Some investors have struck gold investing in airlines. 2. to win a gold medal (= a round piece of metal given as a prize) in a sports competition. Not since the 1964 Olympics, when Ann Packer and Mary Rand struck gold… … New idioms dictionary
strike gold — verb a) To find gold b) To be lucky, to win or be successful … Wiktionary
strike gold — to suddenly become very rich or successful as a result of finding or doing something He seems to have struck gold with his first film … English dictionary
gold — [gəʊld ǁ goʊld] noun [uncountable] 1. a valuable soft metal used to make jewellery, coins etc, and formerly used in a system in which the value of the standard unit of a currency is equal to a fixed weight of gold of a particular quality: • On… … Financial and business terms
strike — strike1 [ straık ] (past tense and past participle struck [ strʌk ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 hit against ▸ 2 hit with hand, etc. ▸ 3 make violent attack ▸ 4 protest by not working ▸ 5 affect someone/something suddenly ▸ 6 when you think something ▸ 7 press … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
