золотой дождь

• ЗОЛОТОЙ ДОЖДЬ (чего)

[NP; sing only; fixed WO]

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⇒ riches, large sums of money (by extension large amounts of benefits, awards, prizes etc):

- golden rain (of sth.);

- shower of golden rain;

- shower of gold (wealth).

     ♦ ...Когда-то [бывший литературный маршал] заседал в президиумах, громил своих неудачливых собратьев, требовал их крови, издавался огромными тиражами, сыпался на него золотой дождь наград, денег и привилегий, и сам он... поверил, что заслужил это своим выдающимся вкладом в литературу (Войнович 1). At one time, he [a former field marshal of literature] had presided over presidiums, thundered against his hapless fellow writers, demanded their blood. His books were printed in enormous editions, a golden rain of prizes, money, and privileges fell upon him, and...he believed he'd earned it all (1a).

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← Loan translation of the German Goldregen. From the Greek myth of Zeus, who was so captivated by Danae's beauty that, in order to reach her, he turned himself into golden rain and impregnated her.