"worth one's weight in gold" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-worth its weight in gold.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Because gold is expensive even in small amounts. Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} worth one's weight in gold
  1. (idiomatic) Very valuable. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: worth one's weight in salt Translations (idiomatic: very valuable): painonsa arvoinen kultaa (Finnish), valoir son pesant d’or (French), na wagę złota (Polish), на вес зо́лота (na ves zólota) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-worth_one's_weight_in_gold-en-adj-QycnsPJK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "2011, \"Summer (Where Do We Begin?)\" (song), Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension\nSummer, every single moment is worth its weight in gold\nSummer, it's like the world's best story and it's waiting to be told"
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        "(idiomatic) Very valuable."
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          "word": "painonsa arvoinen kultaa"
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          "word": "valoir son pesant d’or"
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          "word": "na wagę złota"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "idiomatic: very valuable",
      "word": "painonsa arvoinen kultaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "idiomatic: very valuable",
      "word": "valoir son pesant d’or"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "idiomatic: very valuable",
      "word": "na wagę złota"
    },
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      "sense": "idiomatic: very valuable",
      "word": "на вес зо́лота"
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