English in a Minute: Phrases with 'gold'
Learning English Vocabulary
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🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Learn 4 phrases with 'gold' with Phil in this podcast. They're worth their weight in gold!
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | You're listening to BBC LearningEnglish.com. |
| 0:10.7 | This is solid gold. Maybe. Let's learn four phrases with gold. |
| 0:23.6 | Gold can be something good. Someone who has a heart of gold is really kind or really generous. |
| 0:28.6 | She's always helpful. |
| 0:30.6 | Even when she's busy, she has a heart of gold. |
| 0:34.6 | Children who are well-behaved are as good as gold. I didn't have any problems |
| 0:40.5 | with them. They were as good as gold. Something that is really useful or really important |
| 0:47.7 | is worth its weight in gold. Having friends who can fix things in your house is worth its weight in gold. Those were all good things, but our next gold phrase is a warning. All that glitters is not gold. This means that things are not always as good as they look. When investing, remember that all the glitters is not gold. |
| 1:13.0 | Here are four phrases that I think are worth their weight in gold. Learn them this week. |
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