Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nothing gold can stay

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English

Syllables: noth-ing -gold -can s-tay
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Nothing good lasts forever.

Example Sentences

"Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay."

Etymology

Coined by American poet Robert Frost in 1923 in his short poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” the theme of which is change and ephemerality.

Synonyms

all good things come to an end

Questions

What does nothing gold can stay mean?: Nothing good lasts forever.
Where does nothing gold can stay come from?: Coined by American poet Robert Frost in 1923 in his short poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” the theme of which is change and ephemerality.

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