(AP File Photo)įinding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow can also be used to talk about actual money. In this photo, a Jersey cow feeds in a field on the Francis Thicke organic dairy farm in Fairfield, Iowa, May 8, 2018. They could describe their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow as a owning a working farm with cows, horses, dogs and goats! Finding your pot of gold at the end of a rainbow – or just “pot of gold” for short – feels like the realization of your hopes and dreams.įor example, let’s say someone loves animals and hopes to live out in the country. The “pot of gold at the end of the rainbow” is something you really want to have or you really want to achieve. And that brings us to our idiom: the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Keep in mind that there is no real “end” to a rainbow. The Encyclopedia Britannica explains that as far back as the 17 th century the Irish would say a person “was as likely to find a pot of gold as to find the end of a rainbow.” A colorful rainbow appears in the sky when the sun shines through water droplets. Some experts say that, in Irish folklore, it is believed that Leprechauns can reveal the hiding places of treasures. A Leprechaun is a trouble making creature in old Irish stories. The small plants are said to bring good luck. (AP File Photo)ĭecorations usually include green four-leaf clovers. Patrick walks past a closed pub in Dublin, Ireland, March 16, 2020.
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