BE LIKE GOLD DUST

Meaning of BE LIKE GOLD DUST in English

Brit.

be very rare and valuable.

→ gold dust

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

GOLD — I Metallic chemical element , one of the It is a dense, lustrous, yellow, malleable precious metal , so durable …
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
GOLD — I. ˈgōld noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old Frisian, Old Saxon, & Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DUST — I. ˈdəst noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dūst; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GOLD — /gohld/ , n. 1. a precious yellow metallic element, highly malleable and ductile, and not subject to oxidation or corrosion. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DUST — — dustless , adj. /dust/ , n. 1. earth or other matter in fine, dry particles. 2. a cloud of …
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GOLD — I. ˈgōld noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German gold gold, Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DUST — I. ˈdəst noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dūst; akin to Old High German tunst storm, and probably to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
GOLD — vt money; riches; wealth. 2. gold ·noun ·alt. of goolde. 3. gold ·vt figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts …
Webster English vocab
DUST — noun gold dust. 2. dust ·noun coined money; cash. 3. dust ·vt to sprinkle with dust. 4. dust ·noun figuratively, …
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GOLD — [gold] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG gold gold, OE geolu yellow--more at yellow] (bef. 12c) 1: …
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DUST — [dust] n [ME, fr. OE dust; akin to OHG tunst storm, and prob. to L fumus smoke--more at fume] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GOLD — (Au), chemical element, a dense, lustrous, yellow precious metal of Group Ib, Period 6, of the periodic table. Gold has …
Britannica English vocabulary
GOLD — gold BrE AmE ɡəʊld ⇨ɡɒʊld AmE ɡoʊld ▷ golds ɡəʊldz ⇨ɡɒʊldz AmE ɡoʊldz ▶ ˈ Gold Coast BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DUST — dust BrE AmE dʌst ▷ dusted ˈdʌst ɪd -əd ▷ dusting ˈdʌst ɪŋ ▷ dusts dʌsts ▶ ˈ dust ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GOLD — / gəʊld; NAmE goʊld/ noun , adjective ■ noun 1. [ U ] ( symb Au ) a chemical element. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DUST — / dʌst; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a fine powder that consists of very …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GOLD — I. gold 1 S2 W2 /ɡəʊld $ ɡoʊld/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . [uncountable] a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DUST — I. dust 1 S3 W3 /dʌst/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . [uncountable] dry powder consisting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GOLD — n. & adj. --n. 1 a yellow malleable ductile high density metallic element resistant to chemical reaction, occurring naturally in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DUST — n. & v. --n. 1 a finely powdered earth, dirt, etc., lying on the ground or on surfaces, and blown …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GOLD — n. & adj. n. 1 a yellow malleable ductile high density metallic element resistant to chemical reaction, occurring naturally in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DUST — n. & v. n. 1 a finely powdered earth, dirt, etc., lying on the ground or on surfaces, and blown …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
GOLD — n. & adj. --n. 1. a yellow malleable ductile high density metallic element resistant to chemical reaction, occurring naturally in …
Oxford English vocab
DUST — n. & v. --n. 1. a finely powdered earth, dirt, etc., lying on the ground or on surfaces, and blown …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GOLD — ( golds) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Gold is a valuable, …
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DUST — ( dusts, dusting, dusted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Dust is …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GOLD — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 9/18/22/24 carat gold ▪ a 22 carat gold chain a gold medal (= for …
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DUST — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dust storm (= one in which a lot of dust is blown around …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GOLD — (METAL) [adjective] [not gradable], [noun] - (made of) a soft, yellow, heavy, metallic element which is quite rare and very …
Cambridge English vocab
DUST — [verb]I was dusting (= removing dust from) the mantelpiece when I noticed the piece of paper. [T]Would you prefer to …
Cambridge English vocab
GOLD — n. Gold Coast fool's gold Field of Cloth of Gold gold reserve gold rush gold standard Klondike gold rush
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GOLD — n. Metallic chemical element , one of the transition elements , chemical symbol Au, atomic number 79. It is a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GOLD — I. noun 1 yellow metal ADJECTIVE ▪ pure ▪ real ▪ solid ▪ fool's ▪ 9-carat , 18-carat , etc. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DUST — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fine ▪ airborne ▪ radioactive ▪ house , household ▪ desert ( esp. AmE ) ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
DUST — See: BITE THE DUST, KICK UP A FUSS or KICK UP A DUST, WATCH ONE'S DUST, AFTER THE DUST CLEARS/WHEN …
Словарь английских идиом
LIKE — I verb 1 BAD : What he likes to know is how much it will cost. GOOD : What he …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
GOLD — Name: gold Symbol: Au Atomic number: 79 Atomic weight: 196.96655 (2) Group in periodic table: 11 Group name: Coinage metal …
Chemistry of the Elements English vocabulary
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn : similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный like sum like …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GOLD — 1. сущ. 1) золото (тж. богатство, сокровища; деньги) to mine, prospect for gold ≈ искать золото to strike gold ≈ …
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DUST — 1. сущ. 1) пыль (как субстанция); облако, клубы пыли to gather dust ≈ собирать пыль to raise dust ≈ поднимать …
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BE — гл. 1) иметь место как факт, существовать, случаться а) существовать как факт в объективной реальности быть; быть живым, жить Tyrants …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — like.ogg _I 1. laık n 1> чьё-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again - такого …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GOLD — gold.ogg 1. gəʋld n 1. золото pure gold - чистое золото ср. тж. 3 native /virgin/ gold - самородное золото …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DUST — dust.ogg 1. dʌst n 1. пыль fine dust - мелкая пыль brick dust - кирпичная пыль cosmic radioactive dust - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BE — be.ogg bi: (полная форма); bı (редуцированная форма) v ( ед. ч. was, мн. ч. were; been; наст. вр. 1-е л. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GOLD — золото, Au - Abyssinian gold - cement gold - colored gold - copper-hardened gold - French red gold - high-karat …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
DUST — 1) пыль 2) порошок; пудра; мука || превращать в порошок 3) посыпать, обсыпать ( литейную форму ) 4) очищать от …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
GOLD — золото, Au - Abyssinian gold - cement gold - colored gold - copper-hardened gold - French red gold - high-karat gold - iridic gold - jewellery gold - palladium …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
DUST — 1) пыль 2) порошок; пудра; мука || превращать в порошок 3) посыпать, обсыпать (литейную форму) 4) очищать от пыли, удалять пыль • to give up …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
DUST — 1) пыль || пылить, запылять 2) вытирать пыль; очищать от пыли 3) превращать в пыль 4) дуст 5) порошок; пудра || посыпать, припудривать • - cosmic …
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