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Oct 28, 2012 · Oct 28, 2012. #3. I don't agree with Baltic. The difference is simply that golden is an adjective and gold is a noun and an adjective. "Golden" is not just for color; it can mean made of gold, or gold-colored or a wide range of favorable things, such as splendid, advantageous. If I am describing an object I may say it is golden or gold-colored ...
Oct 19, 2008 · Oct 20, 2008. #3. There was apparently an old saying 'every honest miller has a thumb of gold' -- but authorities disagree what this meant. Some possible explanations: 1) Honest millers were as rare as men with gold thumbs. 2) Successful millers had their "thumb on the scales" when weighing flour, and by cheating made themselves rich.
Aug 20, 2013 · Chinese,Cantonese,Sichuan dialect. Aug 20, 2013. #1. Hi, There is a Chinese saying meaning exactly the same as "If you are gold, you will glitter sooner or later", and I know there is an proverb "All that glitters is not gold". So I am wondering if this makes sense to you?
Nov 29, 2018 · Nov 29, 2018. #7. It's a golden oldie. This usually refers to hit records, but there's no reason why it can't be used in context to describe a joke: That was one of my father's golden oldie jokes. "Did you take a bath?"
Mar 3, 2006 · Mar 3, 2006. #12. river said: "Time is gold" or "Time is golden" is an Albanian proverb that roughly translates to "Time is money." In English, time is golden and time is money have come to have different nuances. In the latter, one is reminded not to waste time with unproductive activities.
Nov 20, 2014 · London. English - South-East England. Nov 20, 2014. #4. 'Gold' is just a predicative complement here, an adjective: the light turned the walls gold (it made them yellowish), but the object is long and includes a long participial phrase, so the short word 'gold' is put first to get it out of the way. It's literary style to do this.
Nov 10, 2017 · It's a bit confusing. For example, the definition of "gold-plated" is-"covered with a thin layer of gold" while "gilded" is "covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint" and it would be pretty clear but when I looked up "gold leaf" it means "gold that has been beaten into a very thin sheet, used in gilding" which means that it's also gold that ...
Jul 21, 2012 · Igbo. Jul 21, 2012. #1. I know of the idioms "on a silver platter" and "on a plate" which mean to get something or achieve something e.t.c without effort but many people in my country use "on a platter of gold" to mean "on a silver platter"e.g Henry got the job on a platter of gold. Please is there any idiom like "on a platter of gold" or is it ...
Feb 2, 2012 · British English. Feb 2, 2012. #2. Yes. Other examples would be: "...with her curls of glossy golden hair." "...and bake until golden." Try substituting 'gold' in those sentences and imagine the scenarios in the hairdressers (who wouldn't want the job of sweeping up the hair off the floor; and you'd find a lot more men in kitchens baking scones!)
Dec 22, 2008 · No, 'gold will shine' is a statement about the value of gold on the world markets. The value of gold declined significantly over the last several decades, but many people speculate that the value of gold will climb sharply over the next year. I like the literal translation of the proverb. Last edited: Dec 22, 2008.
