Idiom
gold in them thar hills
Meaning
An opportunity for something to be profitable and/or beneficial.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He thinks there is gold in them thar hills with this new business idea.”
“You should check the attic; there might be gold in them thar hills.”
“The investors are excited about the new technology because they believe there is gold in them thar hills.”
“My grandfather spent years buying old comic books at garage sales because he was certain there was gold in them thar hills.”
“The marketing team is looking at social media trends to see if there is gold in them thar hills for our next campaign.”
“Despite the skepticism of his peers, the entrepreneur remained convinced that there was gold in them thar hills, provided he could secure the necessary funding to explore the untapped market.”
Examples
simple
“He thinks there is gold in them thar hills with this new business idea.”
“You should check the attic; there might be gold in them thar hills.”
contextual
“The investors are excited about the new technology because they believe there is gold in them thar hills.”
“My grandfather spent years buying old comic books at garage sales because he was certain there was gold in them thar hills.”
“The marketing team is looking at social media trends to see if there is gold in them thar hills for our next campaign.”
complex
“Despite the skepticism of his peers, the entrepreneur remained convinced that there was gold in them thar hills, provided he could secure the necessary funding to explore the untapped market.”
Origin
Originally used in the phrase “there’s gold in them thar hills”, possibly a misquote of the phrase “there’s millions in it” (viz. the North Georgia mountains) uttered in Mark Twain's 1892 novel The American Claimant by Colonel Mulberry Sellers, a character thought to be based on Dahlonega Mint assayer M. F. Stephenson.
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