pot of gold

noun phrase

: something impossible to get or achieve
She's chasing after a pot of gold (at the end of the rainbow).

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Wednesday's drawing will be the 44th since a Powerball pot of gold was won on May 2, when tickets purchased in Florida and Texas split a $20 million jackpot. — Melissa Gaffney, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 Just eight days after someone in Illinois won the Mega Millions $533 million jackpot, another in Ohio found their pot of gold and won big on Tuesday, March 17. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026 Or maybe a delightful scavenger hunt for kids to find a pot of gold? — Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026 The change had its bumps in the road, but England were building something that turned into a pot of gold four years later with the 2019 World Cup. — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pot of gold

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“Pot of gold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pot%20of%20gold. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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