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Phrase(s): a pot of gold
1. Lit. a container filled with gold, as in myth guarded by a leprechaun. • I was hoping to find a pot of gold in the cellar, but there were only cobwebs. 2. Fig. an imaginary reward. • Whoever gets to the porch first wins a pot of gold.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs