Idiom
strike oil
Meaning
To have sudden good fortune, especially financially.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“They finally struck oil with their new business idea.”
“After years of struggling to find a hit song, the band finally struck oil with their latest album.”
“The struggling entrepreneur felt as though he had struck oil when a major investor suddenly offered to fund his ambitious project.”
Examples
simple
“They finally struck oil with their new business idea.”
contextual
“After years of struggling to find a hit song, the band finally struck oil with their latest album.”
complex
“The struggling entrepreneur felt as though he had struck oil when a major investor suddenly offered to fund his ambitious project.”
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