I’m wondering what pesant is grammatically in the sentence "Ces informations valent leur pesant d'or !" - a gerund? Or is pesant d’or a fixed expression?
Pesant d’or in the last sentence
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Pesant d’or in the last sentence
This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate valoir in the present tense in French (Le Présent)"
Asked 7 months ago
Anne,
the expression here is ‘ valoir son pesant d’or ‘.
Pesant is mostly used as an adjective, but is a masculine noun as used here and in a very limited number of other expressions.
wordreference is quite good for checking expressions with translated explanations. Larousse also includes many expressions with explanations and definitions in French. Both are available in free online versions.
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/pesant%20d'or
https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/pesant/59870
https://dictionnaire.lerobert.com/definition/pesant
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