Meanings
- idiomaticVery valuable.
I find my dog is worth her weight in gold on those long snowy weekends when I can't get out.
2 more examples
This book is worth its weight in gold to the housewife who wishes to feed her family for health—and economically.
1917 February 12, “If You Knew What Foods?” (advertisement), in The Independent, volume 59, number 3558, New York: Independent Corporation, page 2802011, "Summer (Where Do We Begin?)" (song), Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension Summer, every single moment is worth its weight in gold Summer, it's like the world's best story and it's waiting to be told
Synonyms: invaluable, without price, invaluable, precious, priceless, unpriced, unvaluable, without price
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveVery valuable.
Origin
Because gold is expensive even in small amounts.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish painonsa arvoinen kultaa
- painonsa arvoinen kultaaidiomatic: very valuable
French valoir son pesant d'or
- valoir son pesant d'oridiomatic: very valuable
Polish na wagę złota
- na wagę złotaidiomatic: very valuable
Russian на вес зо́лота
- на вес зо́лота (na ves zólota)idiomatic: very valuable
Swedish värd sin vikt i guld
- värd sin vikt i guldidiomatic: very valuable
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worth one's weight in gold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worth%20one's%20weight%20in%20gold
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