hit pay dirt
Meaning: To find something of great value.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The expression originates from the mining and gold-rush days when a person could become rich if he or she found dirt with gold in it.
More idioms — Daily Life
- hit the jackpot — To get rich or find something of value.
- hit the sack — To go to bed.
- hit the spot — To satisfy in just the right way.
- hitch a ride — To solicit a ride in someone's (a stranger's) car; to hitchhike.
- not hold a candle to someone — Not equal to someone or something; when two persons or things are compared, the first one…
- hold one's horses — To stay calm or be patient when someone wants to hurry.
More English idioms
- hold one's own — To be able to withstand opposition or attack; to do just as well as other people.
- hold someone or something at bay — To prevent someone or something that is threatening or attacking from being able to advan…
- hold the fort — To take care of a place or to keep an activity going while someone is away.
- fall for something hook, line, and sinker — To believe something completely, usually in the sense of being fooled.
- hooked — Addicted.
- hopping mad — Very angry.
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