worth one's weight in gold

短语

发音

AU

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Very valuable.

    习语

    I find my dog is worth her weight in gold on those long snowy weekends when I can't get out.

    2011, "Summer (Where Do We Begin?)" (song), Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension Summer, every single moment is worth its weight in gold Summer, it's like the world's best story and it's waiting to be told

词源

Because gold is expensive even in small amounts.

来源：wiktionary