Strike gold.
Find a valuable resource or idea.
Strike gold" is not just for miners! In everyday use, this idiom means to find something very valuable or successful, especially after a period of effort. It could be stumbling upon a great business idea or discovering a talent you didn’t know you had—similar to a miner hitting a gold vein after digging tirelessly.
Example Sentences
When they found a major oil field, they knew they’d struck gold.
When they discovered a major oil field, they realized they had found something extremely valuable.
His app idea struck gold in the market.
His app idea became extremely successful in the market.
Investing in the technology sector in its early days was like striking gold for many early adopters.
Investing in the early technology sector proved to be extremely rewarding for early investors.
