golden ticket
golden ticket · golden tickets
A qualification, person or thing that can provide positive opportunitiesA qualification, person or thing that can provide positive opportunities.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)A qualification, person or thing that can provide positive opportunities.
Origin
From golden + ticket; from golden referring to something valuable or desirable and ticketFrom golden + ticket; from golden referring to something valuable or desirable and ticket as something necessary for obtaining something. Popularized by the winning tickets in Roald Dahl's 1964 book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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Forms
plural: golden tickets| Singular | golden ticket |
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