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Worth your weight in gold

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01 / UNDERSTAND

Meaning in plain English

Extremely useful or helpful.

02 / SEE IT IN CONTEXT

The expression in a sentence

  1. Our patient volunteer coordinator is worth her weight in gold.

03 / CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

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Which expression from this lesson matches this meaning?

Extremely useful or helpful.
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Worth your weight in gold — Extremely useful or helpful.

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Extremely useful or helpful.

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When to use it

Use this warm expression to praise a person’s contribution or something that helps a great deal. It is figurative praise, rather than a literal statement about price.

More examples in context

  • This clear checklist is worth its weight in gold on a busy morning.
  • You were worth your weight in gold when the booking system failed.

Usage note

Use “its weight” for a thing and the matching possessive for a person. The phrase praises usefulness; it does not assign a monetary value to a person or depend on anyone’s actual body weight.

A short conversation

A: Did the new guide help with the setup?
B: It was worth its weight in gold. Every step was clear.
A: I’ll tell the person who wrote it.

One more practice question

Which meaning fits “Your help was worth its weight in gold”?

A. Your help had no practical value.
B. Your help was extremely useful.

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B. The expression is strong praise for usefulness or helpfulness.

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Meaning and usage checked against Cambridge Dictionary. Explanations, examples and conversation are original.

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