liquid gold

noun

a suspension of finely divided gold in a vegetable oil, used chiefly for gilding ceramic ware.

Origin of liquid gold

First recorded in 1835–45

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Though it’s hard — and yeah, okay, totally pointless — to compare soap and chocolate, the bottle of liquid gold sitting on the ledge of my shower sets a high bar for anything else the company sells.
Will Dr. Bronner’s Chocolate Change My Life the Way Its Soap Did? | Elazar Sontag | July 8, 2021 | Eater
That liquid gold is full of flavor and it’s great for cooking vegetables, making vinaigrettes, frying chicken and even baking breads and desserts.
The best ways to achieve crispy bacon | Aaron Hutcherson | April 9, 2021 | Washington Post
An upholstery technique used in the 1700s makes the silk glued onto molded timberwork atop the bed look like liquid gold.
Savoir Beds’ Royal State Bed: Just Perfect, If You Have $175,000 | Daniel Gross | June 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Natalia Vodianova closed the collection in a show-stopping liquid gold lamé mini-dress.
Fashion Week Day 4 | The Daily Beast | February 14, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
The sun was sinking, and the broad expanse of water westward danced like liquid gold.
The Czar's Spy | William Le Queux

In a moment the extreme points of the summit began to glow with purple like liquid gold.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Sven Hedin
The water was perfect, just a little cooler than the air, and the setting sun turned it to liquid gold.
Vacation with the Tucker Twins | Nell Speed
As the sun rose, the sea stretched sudden into the arch of the west, a great expanse of liquid gold.
The Hill of Venus | Nathan Gallizier
You believed every man a liar and dreamt that your veins ran liquid gold.
The Californians | Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

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