You may have heard the proverb
silence is golden.
This means silence is of great value. It is sometimes better to say nothing than to speak.
You might say your child was
good as gold
when he behaved well at school. British writer Charles Dickens used this expression in eighteen forty-three. He was describing the child Tiny Tim in the book “A Christmas Carol.”
In nineteen thirty-seven, American playwright Clifford Odets wrote a play called “
The Golden Boy.”
This expression describes a young man who has many good qualities and a bright future.
You might tell someone
you are golden
when that person does something very well.
Gold digger
is another description.
But this does not say something nice about a person. A
gold digger
is someone who seeks to marry a rich person because he or she is only interested in that person’s money.
Maybe you like old songs from the nineteen fifties or sixties that are still well known and popular today. These are called
golden oldies.
In the nineteen eighties and nineties, an American television comedy series told about four older women living in Miami, Florida.
The Golden Girls
often dealt with social issues in a funny way.
Today, most older people look forward to reaching their
golden years
. This is when hard-working people can retire to a life of ease and fulfillment.
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