The best or most valuable in oneself or in opportunity; the eternal; what stands the ‘acid test’ or does not tarnish with time, in terms of personal qualities, such as love, patience or care in work; something you value or want in your life. If cheap or false: Something you valued but does not deserve respect. If tarnished: Something beautiful and valuable in yourself, perhaps your spirit, that you have let become soiled. See: gold under colours.
