Examples of 'strike oil' in a sentence

Meaning of "strike oil"

strike oil - Idiomatic phrase meaning to unexpectedly discover something valuable or make a successful find
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  • To find petroleum when boring for it.
  • To have sudden good fortune, especially financially.

How to use "strike oil" in a sentence

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Keep that up and you will strike oil.
Did you strike oil in the sewers or something?
Supposing she knew they would strike oil.
You folks strike oil or invent something like the shovel?
You do not want to strike oil too soon.
It must be presumed that his or her family did not strike oil.
Before we strike oil.
And that your father purchased it back in hopes that he would strike oil.
Anybody can strike oil.
If we do not strike oil tonight, we will jump a train and get out.
Let me know if you strike oil.
They strike oil under your garden, all you get is dead tomatoes.
On your crew before we strike oil.
If we do not strike oil by Friday it 's all over for all of us.
And we also better pray that we strike oil.

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Equinor, partners strike oil in utsira high in North Sea.
And we are about to strike oil.
Did we strike oil or something?
Maybe we will strike oil.
They would not go to their mother 's funeral unless the undertaker was gonna strike oil.
Cause people do not just strike oil four feet down.
She has her own clothing and lifestyle brand Strike Oil.
Unless we strike oil.
With the phone bills we are getting, he better strike oil.
Annie, you ought to strike oil any minute.
Formula for success, rise early work hard strike oil.
You do not want to strike oil too soon . Hey, hey.
All I wanted to do was to strike oil.
You do not want to strike oil too soon . Well, slow down, now.
No one makes millions with minimal effort unless they strike oil or win the lottery.
How soon will I strike oil on that 20 acres of mine?
With these phone bills, he better strike oil.
You got a flood or did you strike oil or something?
I think I will go and sink a few test wells… see ifl can strike oil.
I wanna know when you expect to strike oil over there.
To see if maybe they dug a little deeper, they would strike oil.
I would consider it a favor if you did not strike oil for quite some time.
I would pinch myself, but I would probably just strike oil.
It 's just our luck to strike oil.
From Oklahoma? Sure . With these phone bills, he better strike oil.
Is rise early, work late and strike oil.
From Oklahoma? Sure . With the phone bills we are getting, he better strike oil.
At other times, they strike oil.
It 's not going to help him if we DO strike oil.
Rise early, Work hard, Strike oil.
She 's so fat, if she wore high heels, she would strike oil.
Half of it is mine. If you strike oil.
That I am going to be rich, strike oil.
Down! It 's just our luck to strike oil.

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