pot of gold
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpotandgold
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pot
noun
uk/pɒt/us/pɑːt/
any of various types of container, usually round, especially one used for ...
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gold
noun
uk/ɡəʊld/us/ɡoʊld/
a chemical element that is a valuable, shiny, yellow metal used to make coins ...
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(Definition ofpotandgoldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The maximum "potofgold" is the difference between plaintiff's costs of preparing a complaint and defendant's costs of preventing entry of a default judgment.
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In spite of this, the impact of the neo-liberal rhetoric of independence and the image of a personal pension as an inviolate 'potofgold' was a persuasive one.
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There is a simple way of finding what must be a largepotofgoldto help pay for this.
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It is now generally understood that there is nopotofgold.
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Where, then, does this littlepotofgoldcome from?
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Thatpotofgoldattracts people who want pay-outs today rather than to think of the long term.
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It is like chasing thepotofgoldat the end of the rainbow; there is no security solution to the problem.
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No one is suggesting a free-for-all, least of all somepotofgold.
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We must also all recognise that there is nopotofgold.
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We are not going to run that service any more, unless you give us a bigpotofgoldto keep it going.
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Some people said that it was easier to sit on apotofgoldin the bank and live on the interest than to invest.
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We have only a smallpotofgold, but it is £500,000 light.
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There is nopotofgoldinto which we can dip for the benefit of our fishermen.
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It is sitting on apotofgoldbecause it is sitting on an empire.
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So thepotofgoldwill not find its way directly into the pockets of individual newspaper owners, as was suggested today.
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It was thought that there was apotofgoldwaiting to be picked up by us.
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Trying to define additionality legally is like hunting for thepotofgoldat the end of the rainbow.
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We should not think that there is apotofgoldto meet the cost if it is not met within the health service.
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There are those who are rent-controlled tenants in the private sector, and the rest who cannot sit on thatpotofgold.
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The education authorities will be £46 million poorer, but they may then bid for a share in thepotofgold.
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