English Explanatory Dictionary

nothing gold can stay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Nothing good lasts forever.

Word forms

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
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