the streets are paved with gold
literarysaid about a place where it is easy to get rich, or where people imagine that it is:
Immigrant families soon discovered that the streets of New York were not paved with gold.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Pleasant and make-believe places
- fairyland
- hotspot
- lotus land
- never-never land
- oasis
- paradise
- street
- suntrap
- treasure trove
- wonderland