be worth your/its weight in gold
Definition
› to be very useful or helpful: This recipe book is worth its weight in gold - it tells you everything you need to know about cookery. Boys who can sing like that are worth their weight in gold to the choir.Useful or advantageous
(Definition of be worth your/its weight in gold from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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be wide of the mark idiom
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be wild about sth/sb idiom
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be within hailing distance of somewhere idiom
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be worlds apart idiom
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be worth your while idiom
- be worth your/its weight in gold idiom
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be wrapped up in sth/sb idiom
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be wreathed in smiles idiom
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be writ large idiom
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be your best bet idiom
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be your epitaph idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous adjective
- all-singing adjective
- amiss adjective
- expedience noun
- expedient adjective
- favourable adjective
- fecund adjective
- fodder noun (USEFUL PEOPLE/THINGS)
- foil noun (COMPARISON)
- pay dirt noun
- practicality noun (SUITABLE)
- preferential adjective
- productive adjective
- profitable adjective
- viable adjective
- wholesome adjective
- win-win adjective
- worthwhile adjective
Topic:
Useful or advantageous
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