strike pay dirt



strike pay dirt

To discover or happen upon something very, particularly, or abundantly valuable or useful, especially after a long or arduous search. I was combing through books in the library for hours, trying to find material for my thesis, when finally I struck pay dirt with an old collection of literary criticisms from the 1970s. I loved to search through my grandfather's attic when I was a kid, convinced that someday I would strike pay dirt.
See also: dirt, pay, strike

strike pay dirt

verb
See also: dirt, pay, strike

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KlaraKLAH-rah (German, Russian, Polish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian
BetrysBET-reesWelsh
Else[els]
Nestani-Georgian
Rafaelrah-fah-EL (Spanish), RAH-fah-el (German)Spanish, Portuguese, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Macedonian
CaraKAHR-ə, KER-əEnglish