golden idols
Shiny worshipped statues
Golden idols are objects of worship made from or covered in gold, typically statues or figurines representing deities.
The phrase carries strong biblical resonance—the golden calf of Exodus being the archetype of false worship.
Figuratively, golden idols are things people pursue with misplaced devotion: Money and fame became his golden idols.
The gold suggests both the allure and the hollowness of what's worshipped.
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- statuesThree-dimensional sculpted likenesses
- paganNon-mainstream religion follower
- false godsIllegitimate objects of worship
- templesHoly places or head sides
holy of holies · offerings · sacrifices · gilded · treasure · ancient · forbidden · ritual · altars · graven images · fetish · totems · calf · pharaoh · bronze · sacred objects · molten · melted down
- StatuesStatue of Liberty, David, The Thinker, Venus de Milo, Christ the Redeemer
- sacred objectsrelic, relics, reliquaries, reliquary, holy relic
- archaeologyexcavation, dig site, archaeologist, dig, archaeological digs