pay dirt

[pay dirt] {n.}, {slang}

1. The dirt in which much gold is found.

* /The man searched for gold many years before he found pay dirt./

2. {informal} A valuable discovery. — Often used in the phrase "strike pay dirt".

* /When Bill joined the team, the coach struck pay dirt./

* /Jean looked in many books for facts about her hometown, and finally she struck pay dirt./

Compare: STRIKE IT RICH.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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