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).

Examples of pot of gold in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

There may be a pot of gold waiting for you in our unclaimed property vault—claim it! —Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025

The initial round is harmless enough, as players work together to add to the group’s pot of gold, the size of which will dictate the position of the winner on the site’s leaderboard. —Leo Barraclough, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025

Also available, a St. Patrick’s Day Cake, decorated with a rainbow, pot of gold and sprinkles. —Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025

Also available is a St. Patrick’s Day Cake decorated with a rainbow, pot of gold, and sprinkles. —Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

For Tania, there will be no such pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. —Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025

Sorry to say there isn’t a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow walk, but there is a resource fair with more than two dozen community organizations offering information on health, wellness and social services aimed at the 50-plus crowd. —Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 25 June 2025

In the meantime, the real pot of gold to correct the budget is our labor costs! —U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025

Rhymes for pot of gold

• copyhold
• decontrolled
• hundredfold
• manifold
• marigold
• oversold
• petioled
• sevenfold
• stranglehold
• subthreshold
• thousandfold
• uncontrolled