hidden gem
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- noun
- /ˈhɪdən dʒɛm/
- Informal
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joya oculta
- Definitely a hidden gem of San Jose, but once you find it, nothing compares!
- find a hidden gem
- one of the hidden gems
- remain a hidden gem
Did I just find like the hidden gem of hidden gems?
- Did I just find like the hidden gem of hidden gems?
- And all throughout Japan you will find many other places, hidden gems if you like, awaiting your visit.
- There were like hidden gems that were so good in that video.
- This is in his section Scotland's Hidden Gem.
- And you just end up, you know, branching off and finding total hidden gems that you loved and no one else knew about.
- You have to be such a seasoned pro, very experienced to actually find like a hidden gem in the PK market.
- I started thinking to myself, OK, well, if that's the case, then there must be some hidden story or some hidden gem right behind all of it.
- I don't think that there are, at least from what I found, any hidden gems slurking in the best selling or the ads of Amazon.
- We're currently driving to find a hidden gem of Iceland and it's dark outside so we're going to go up and hopefully take a dip in the pool.
Examples
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Yes, Detroit has many hidden gems and is a city well worth visiting.
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If you were into photography books, this is the hidden gem of Fort Worth.
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This is the hidden gem I bet no one else has found.
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Wow, that is a hidden gem of New York City.
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Every city has its hidden gems, so go out and find them!
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The back courtyard is one of those hidden gems of New York.
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But we were lucky enough to find some wonderful hidden gems down a few alleyways.
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The lunch set at Sushi Saito is one of Tokyo's hidden gems.
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The little café on the corner is a hidden gem that few locals know about.
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Many tourists overlook the small park, which is a hidden gem in the city.
Synonyms
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A person or thing that is very good and admired
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A place or thing only a few people know about that is especially good
A place or thing that has valuable information not easy to find
Antonyms
How Popular
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- Informal
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- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'hidden gem' is transparently composed: 'hidden' (not easily visible) modifies 'gem' (a valuable or outstanding thing), yielding the straightforward meaning of a valuable thing that is not widely known or seen. This adjectival modification pattern is common cross-linguistically and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Hidden gem creates the image of a bright jewel (gem) tucked away where people cannot see it (hidden). One popular story says this picture became a way to say 'a valuable thing that few people know about'.