Meaning of strike oil | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To find petroleum when boring for it.
2. To have sudden good fortune, especially financially.
   figuratively, idiomatic, informal

Examples

“In today's oil patch you strike⟳ oil the modern way – the geologist examines the rock cuttings brought up in the drilling mud to see⟳ if there is any oil on them as John had done here.”

“J. Paul Getty's formula for success sorts this idea out: “Rise⟳ early, work⟳ hard, strike⟳ oil.” That's good advice, but most of us will not strike⟳ oil. In fact we may become⟳ irritated by the idea that something spectacular must occur⟳ for success to emerge⟳.”

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