Idioms - Color - Gold

As good as gold.

There you are Brian, good dog...Ah!
Argh! Brian! Brian! Get down! No! Let go, Brian! Sit! Sit! Argh! Roll over! No, lay down
Brian! ARGHGHGH!
Have you met my sister?
She’s a lovely girl, but I don't know why... nobody seems to like her.
She’s so kind and helpful...
...that’s right. She’s got a heart of gold.
In English, if someone is very kind and helpful, we say they’ve got a heart of gold.

A heart of gold.

And next in our lesson on gold....
Gold is...
... heavy...and... valuable.
Um, what IS the time, by the way?
Ah, thank you.
Clocks are SO useful, aren’t they? In fact, they’re worth their weight in gold.
In English, if something is extremely useful, we say it’s worth its weight in gold.