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

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kara (2)	-	Turkish
Candela	kahn-DE-lah	Spanish
HjØRdis	-	Danish, Norwegian
FÁElÁN	-	Ancient Irish
Melchior	MEL-khee-awr (Dutch), MEL-kyawr (English)	Dutch, Judeo-Christian Legend
Marta	MAHR-tah (Spanish, Italian, Polish, Czech)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Bulg