Gold wert sein
to be worth one's weight in gold
Türkçe: altın değerinde olmak
In a sentence
Eine zuverlässige Mitarbeiterin ist dem Chef buchstäblich Gold wert.
How it is used
Idiom meaning 'to be worth one's weight in gold.' Colloquial register, used to praise a helpful person or tool. Common mistake: literal translation; it's always figurative.
Other verbs that go with Gold
This is the choice the collocation turns on.
- Gold gewinnento win gold
- Gold holen (im Sport)to win gold
- nach Gold grabento dig for gold
- zu Gold machento turn into gold
Other collocations built on sein
- an der richtigen / falschen Adresse seinto be at the right/wrong place
- in Arbeit seinto be employed
- außer Atem seinto be out of breath
- im Anmarsch seinto be on the way/approaching
- der Auffassung seinto be of the opinion that
- in Aufregung seinto be in a state of excitement
- in Bearbeitung seinto be in processing
- in Aufruhr seinto be in turmoil
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