fool's gold

Word family nounfooleryfoolingfoolishnessfoolhardinessfool's goldfooladjectivefoolishfoolbeggedfoolhardyfoolproofadverbfoolishly

Related topics: Geology

ˌfool’s ˈgold noun [uncountableU]

1. HEGa kind of yellow metal that exists in some rocks and looks like gold 愚人金，黄铁矿〔一种存在于岩石中看似黄金的黄色金属〕

2. DISAPPOINTEDsomething that you think will be very exciting, very attractive etc but in fact is not 虚幻的东西，华而不实的东西

Examples from the Corpus

fool's gold• Those who follow cash of the other sort were chasing fool's gold.• If one believes this, then the attraction of a fixed-rate mortgage in 1992 could easily prove fool's gold.

单词	fool's gold
释义	fool's gold Word family nounfooleryfoolingfoolishnessfoolhardinessfool's goldfooladjectivefoolishfoolbeggedfoolhardyfoolproofadverbfoolishly Related topics: Geology ˌfool’s ˈgold noun [uncountableU] 1. HEGa kind of yellow metal that exists in some rocks and looks like gold 愚人金，黄铁矿〔一种存在于岩石中看似黄金的黄色金属〕 2. DISAPPOINTEDsomething that you think will be very exciting, very attractive etc but in fact is not 虚幻的东西，华而不实的东西 Examples from the Corpus fool's gold• Those who follow cash of the other sort were chasing fool's gold.• If one believes this, then the attraction of a fixed-rate mortgage in 1992 could easily prove fool's gold.
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