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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.

Meanings

1. Nothing good lasts forever.
   • 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. 1923 October 14, Robert Lee Frost, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, in The Yale Review:

Synonyms

all good things come to an end