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like gold dust

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like gold dust

  (British & Australian) also like gold (American)

if things or people are like gold dust, they are difficult to get because a lot of people want them Tickets for the Coldplay concert were like gold dust. We were really lucky to get them. Skilled workers are like gold in the engineering industry.

See strike gold

See also: dust, gold, like