eldorado

Examples

• All

• As you heard, end of the month, top salesman on the board gets the Eldorado.

  Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

• I think that a lot of people are wandering around, searching for an Eldorado that has already been offshored.

  Blog text (22)

• Fanny Price is by no means the prospector who has had the tenacity to trace a thin trickle all the perilous way back to Eldorado.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The children imagined their own eldorado, a magical land filled with treasures and wonders.

• Many adventurers have searched for an eldorado that represents the ultimate goal of wealth and success.

• In her dreams, she often visits an eldorado where all her hopes and desires come true.

Synonyms

B

bonanza

vseldorado

25 7.1

A time that brings a large unexpected amount of money or success

is an imagined long term goal rather than a sudden windfall

G

Golconda

vseldorado

1 9.9

A place or thing that produces a lot of money

is an imagined ideal place pursued as a goal rather than a real source

E

El Dorado

vseldorado

• Literature

9.3

A hoped-for place or situation that promises great wealth and opportunity

is the same meaning but written as one word rather than two words

H

hidden gold mine

vseldorado

• Informal

6.0

A place or thing that has valuable information not easy to find

is an imagined ideal place rather than a hidden real opportunity

Surface Forms

Etymology