"gold fever" meaning in English

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        "A feverish obsession with seeking gold ore."
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          "gold",
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        [
          "ore",
          "ore"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "fever for gold ore",
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          "word": "guldfeber"
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          "sense": "fever for gold ore",
          "word": "goudkoorts"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "sense": "fever for gold ore",
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          "word": "Goldfieber"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zolotaja lixoradka",
          "sense": "fever for gold ore",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "золотая лихорадка"
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          "roman": "zolotá lyxománka",
          "sense": "fever for gold ore",
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      "glosses": [
        "An excessive craving for profit."
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        "(figuratively) An excessive craving for profit."
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          "sense": "profit craving",
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        "(figuratively) An excessive craving for profit."
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      "sense": "fever for gold ore",
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      "word": "guldfeber"
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      "sense": "fever for gold ore",
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      "sense": "fever for gold ore",
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      "word": "Goldfieber"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zolotaja lixoradka",
      "sense": "fever for gold ore",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "золотая лихорадка"
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      "roman": "zolotá lyxománka",
      "sense": "fever for gold ore",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "золота́ лихома́нка"
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