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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Those who get to the AI pot of gold first will then become geo-political superpowers; we will be subjugated to their whims.
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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
What’s better than finding a pot of gold under the rainbow?
—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2024
Coppola coaxed Fred Astaire out of retirement to play a happy-go-lucky Irishman who buries a pot of gold in a valley near Fort Knox under the conviction that his stash will multiply in the verdant soil.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
But America is not just a pot of gold to Eintracht’s CEO.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Despite that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, reaching for it has become a herculean struggle.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
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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
What’s better than finding a pot of gold under the rainbow?
—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2024
Coppola coaxed Fred Astaire out of retirement to play a happy-go-lucky Irishman who buries a pot of gold in a valley near Fort Knox under the conviction that his stash will multiply in the verdant soil.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
But America is not just a pot of gold to Eintracht’s CEO.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Despite that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, reaching for it has become a herculean struggle.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Pot of gold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pot%20of%20gold. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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