buried treasure

Definitions

1. Something valuable that is concealed for a long time and then rediscovered.
   countable, idiomatic, uncountable
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see buried, treasure.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“Hastings draws on her own⟳ experience⟳ of overcoming writing blocks as a college student to support⟳ her belief that anyone can learn⟳ to write⟳ well. "The trick⟳ is to find⟳ buried treasure in our work⟳," she said. Her own⟳ teachers in junior and senior high school, didn't critique her writing, said Hastings, who grew up on a farm near Pawnee, Okla. It wasn't until she wrote a paper in college, at the University of Oklahoma, that she started to understand⟳ how to write⟳ well.”

“The verdict on whether Borderlands is buried treasure or fool's gold will come⟳ down when it hits later this year.”

“The buried treasure from the shipwreck was found yesterday.”

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