pot of gold

noun phrase

: something impossible to get or achieve
She's chasing after a pot of gold (at the end of the rainbow).

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Free agency, for a select few Major League Baseball players, ends with a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025 Crystal wants in on the arrangement, but Ava isn’t about to split her pot of gold, especially after being uncharacteristically generous by sharing her above-the-board resources. Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025 Paula Silver, of Park Ridge, the parent of Freyja Smith, 18 months, talked about a family wish for an enduring lucky pot of gold at St. Patrick’s Day. Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025 Keep scrolling to find out all of IndieWire’s selections for March 2025 and maybe even a pot of gold… NEW YORK Metrograph John Sayles is a titan of independent cinema, never wavering in his commitment to depicting the harsh truths at the core of our American values. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2025 Those who get to the AI pot of gold first will then become geo-political superpowers; we will be subjugated to their whims. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 Coin caches unearthed this year demonstrated the diverse circumstances that inspired the wealthy to stash their money away: In western Turkey, a pot of gold coins dated to the fifth century B.C.E. might have been hidden during military conflicts between Greek and Persian forces. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024 But the free pizza was a sweetener, a pot of gold at the end of what was already a rainbow, which for others served as the rainbow itself. Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024 Unfortunately, too many creditors will simply start jabbing at hard assets and one-time bank account levies without seeing the enormous pot of gold in front of them in the debtor's revenue streams. Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024

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“Pot of gold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pot%20of%20gold. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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