The phrase "Worth its weight in gold" applied to an object with no mass. I've just been thinking about it a lot lately. Two examples that come to mind being a line from the song "Notes" in Phantom of the Opera, and a line from the Phineas and Ferb: Across the Dimensions special, in the song about summer. Line 1: "Bad news on Soprano scene. First Carlotta, now Christine. Still, somehow, the seats get sold. Gossip's worth it's weight in gold." Gossip has no mass. Gossip is the spreading of rumors, be they true or untrue, through word of mouth. It doesn't weigh anything. Therefore, it's weight in gold amounts to nothing. Therefore, it is worthless. Line 2: "Summer, every single moment is worth its weight in gold!" Again, moments have no mass, moments are simply events in time, they are just another way of measuring time. They don't weigh anything at all! How can something that weighs nothing be compared to an object of monetary worth such as gold? Of course, they could be trying to say that it's priceless, but that's not what comes to mind when I read the phrase. I feel like whatever their intent, they just kinda missed the point on this one. Rant over. What are some phrases that bug you guys?
Mass is not the same thing as weight. What about the weight that the words carry depending on who says them and what they are? Depending on the topic, The Fuk?'s words may carry more weight than Fearless's word which in turn carries way more weight than Amaury's. Yes, but moments can still be "heavy," can't they? Take, for example, the moment when a person receives news that someone important to him or her has died. That's a heavy moment for some heavy news, if you ask me.
True, true... But in the situation in which the phrase is applied to gossip, they're referring to how the press covering the disappearance of Christine is making the Opera Populaire more in the public eye, even though they might have to cancel the show. "It's publicity, and the take is vast! Free publicity!" "But we have no cast!" And in the second example given, they're fortunately not talking about the death of a family member, as I'm not sure how well that would take on Disney Channel. Instead, they're talking about how fun and light and easy summer is. "It's ice-cream cones and cherry soda, dripping down your chin! It's summer, man, where do we begin!" So while I agree with your take, I think it does not apply, at least to the second. As for the first, I don't really know. Perhaps it does apply. *shrugs*
