GOLDMINE


Meaning of GOLDMINE in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

His printing business has turned out to be a real goldmine .

I bet that corner shop's a goldmine .

It's just a scruffy little beach café, but in summer it's an absolute goldmine .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Consumerism, the modern goldmine and pipeline, roll merrily along.

It was loth to do this because the bonds were a potential goldmine when the junk-bond market recovered.

It was the kiss that did for me, I think, not being called a goldmine .

Manufacturers of computer-aided design systems are jockeying aggressively to take advantage of this potential goldmine .

One unfortunate woman who ran a discount shoe store was oblivious to the fact she was sitting on an old school goldmine .

This was never well stocked and could hardly have been a goldmine .

Yet, in terms of potential, Sam had a shrewdness and a mind which was akin to an untapped goldmine .

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.