the streets are paved with gold

phrase

Used to describe a place where it is easy to become wealthy or live well.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. idiomaticUsed to describe a place where it is easy to become wealthy or live well.

    In and around the government lobbyist areas the streets are paved with gold!

    2014, Patrick J. Fornari, Commoner Sense: The Working Person’s Guide to America, →ISBN, page 69
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    Do you think it will be a place where the streets are paved with gold, similar to the Heaven of the Bible?

    1995, Janet McClure, Prelude to Ascension: Tools for Transformation, →ISBN, unnumbered page

    It is in many ways our oldest and most enduring national myth, one that has taken many forms: the streets are paved with gold.

    2011, Stephen Pimpare, A People s History of Poverty in America, →ISBN, page 193

Translations

Hungarian kolbászból van fonva a kerítés
  • kolbászból van fonva a kerítésplace where it is easy to live well
Spanish los perros se atan con longaniza
  • los perros se atan con longanizaplace where it is easy to live well
Cite this entry
APA

the streets are paved with gold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20streets%20are%20paved%20with%20gold

MLA

“the streets are paved with gold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20streets%20are%20paved%20with%20gold. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “the streets are paved with gold,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20streets%20are%20paved%20with%20gold.

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