be worth your weight in gold

be worth your weight in gold
to be extremely useful or valuable

We have a team manager who's worth his weight in gold.


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  • worth weight in gold — worth (your/its) weight in gold extremely useful or valuable. User friendly software is worth its weight in gold. Experienced singers are worth their weight in gold because they bring strength to the choir. Etymology: based on the idea that gold… …   New idioms dictionary

  • be worth weight in gold — be worth its(/your) weight in gold to be extremely useful or valuable. A book that could tell me in simple language how to use this computer would be worth its weight in gold. Really good experienced singers are worth their weight in gold to the… …   New idioms dictionary

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