1.   The kids were as good as gold.

2.   The boys were as good as gold on our walk.

3.   This is silver and that is gold.

4.   The hem of the blouse was gold.

5.   As soon as I found out I had to retire, they were as good as gold and granted me a testimonial straight away.

6.   And for the price of many of the clothes, well, they might be gold.

7.   And now there is going to be gold.

8.   As a currency, the coca paste is as good as gold.

9.   At the top of their list was not gold or spices but pearls.

10.   Barring injury or a recurrence of the food poisoning that knocked him out of the Barcelona heats four years ago, Johnson is as good as gold.