打印版

word/phrase
"Hit pay dirt": Make a valuable discovery or large profit. Achieving any kind of desired result, finding something you've been looking for.

Origin: In the 1850s during the Gold Rush period, pay dirt was real dirt - the nuggets of gold left in the pan when miners panning the streams had washed out all the soil and other debris. Pay dirt is often used as a metaphor for money.

E.g. "Our team of developers hit pay dirt when they found out a piece of code that was slowing down the whole system."
E.g. "He lives in a style that proves that he has lots of pay dirt somewhere."

commonly confused
"Simplistic, Simple": Simplistic is always used negatively and means misleadingly simple; overly simplifying or oversimplified. "Simplistic" usually refers to an explanation that is too simple to work. Simple refers to something that is not complex, has few parts or features but one that serves the intended purpose.

Care should be taken not to substitute one for the other.
E.g. "We have come up with a simple solution to address the recent problems"
E.g. "Our competitor offers a software that converts MS Word documents to PDF. However this conversion is simplistic and will ignore images."

do you know?
i About Indian Summer: Indian Summer is a period of mild sunny weather occurring in late autumn (late October or November). Here the word Indian refers to the native American Indian (Red Indian).

There may be several occurrences of Indian Summer in a fall season or none at all. Indian Summer is often regarded as a temporary respite from the growing signs of winter, a last chance to enjoy outdoor activities and perhaps take a drive to enjoy the colorful fall foliage.

This phrase is also used to refer to a calm or productive and enjoyable period toward the end of somebody's life or toward the end of a period or activity.