strike gold
Find unexpected fortune
Strike gold is to discover gold, especially by mining or panning.
The figurative meaning dominates: to find or achieve something extremely valuable or successful.
After years of failed startups, she finally struck gold with a dating app.
We struck gold when we hired Marcus.
The phrase suggests sudden good fortune after effort or searching.
jackpot
Accumulated gambling prize
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- bonanzaSudden large windfall
treasure · fortune · triumph · discovery · find · score · hit · lucky break · payday · coup
prospector
One seeking valuable deposits
lode · motherlode · ore · claim · placer · bonanza · quartz · assay · pickaxe · excavation
- success idiomshit the jackpot, make it, rags to riches, come out on top, hit it out of the park
- money idiomsarm and a leg, break the bank, penny pincher, cheapskate, tightwad
- windfallsjackpot, windfall, grand prize, found money, big win
strike goldcome up empty
strike out · fail · come up short · draw a blank · miss
strike goldspin one's wheels
Expend effort uselessly
tread water · chip away · stagnate · languish · go nowhere
strike goldhit rock bottom
Reached the lowest point
draw the short straw · come up snake eyes · lose one's shirt
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