pay dirt
noun[U]
US(alsopaydirt)uk/ˈpeɪ ˌdɜːt/us/ˈpeɪ ˌdɝːt/groundwith somethingvaluable, such asgoldoroil, in it:
Theminersstockpiledtheirpaydirtfor ayearor more whileawaitingagullywashertofilltheirdams.
Goldrushescontinuedinto the 19thcenturyasluckyprospectorsstruckpaydirt.
Instead ofdrilling10exploratorywellstofindone withoil, thecompaniesnow have a 50-50chanceofhittingpaydirt.
something thatproducesmoneyorprofitfor someone, or themoneyorprofititself:
Technology is only atool; therealpaydirtis thecustomer.
Theventurehasn'treturnedthe paydirt heexpected.
Engineering - mining & quarrying
- anti-mine
- banksman
- biomining
- coal
- coal miner
- coal mining
- coalface
- coalfield
- excavator
- extract
- extractive
- goldfield
- mineral
- oilman
- OPEC
- petrodollar
- prospect
- shaft
- strip mining
- workings
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Useful or advantageous
hit pay dirt
(alsostrike pay dirt)
to makemoneyor aprofitfrom apersonoractivity,especiallyafter making a lot ofeffort:
If asalespersondoes notquicklyhitpaydirtwith acustomerthey will usuallymovestraighton to someoneelse.如果销售员发现某个顾客无利可图，通常便会转而寻找另外的顾客。
His thirdbookwaspublishedin 2010 andstruckpaydirt.
Useful or advantageous
- advantageous
- advantageously
- all-singing
- amiss
- asset
- fecund
- foil
- fruitfully
- fruitfulness
- functionally
- gainfully
- general
- productive
- productively
- profitable
- profitably
- repaysomeone'seffort, time, attention, etc.idiom
- sniff
- win-win
- worthwhile
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