What if, like the mythical ancient alchemists, you could actually spin gold out of a common element?

Sunlight tangled in the curls framing her face, spinning gold from the brown strands.

Such stories have become the threads from which property rights advocates have spun political gold.

He also knows how to spin gold from straw.

This is like spinning gold from straw, given the man's limited virtue.

His broad shoulders held the resplendent cape that appeared like nothing so much as spun gold.

His hair was spun gold in the thousand candles, and his eyes were sapphires.

Investors have reacted, however, as if those factories are spinning gold from dross.

According to Tucker, the man could practically spin gold out of straw.

But the boxing scenes are spun gold, and the author is at his best when he shows us what Tunney meant to the sweet science.