"golden idea" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is typically used to describe a brilliant or valuable idea. Example: She came up with a golden idea that would revolutionize the company's marketing strategy and increase profits tenfold.
A team of researchers may have come up with a golden idea for diagnosing lung cancer.
When you get a golden idea, celebrate it.
In 2004, it was placed at number 80 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, with the comment that Whitfield had produced the song with a number of artists using different arrangements, and that on the Marvin Gaye recording he had a "golden idea" when he set the song "in a slower, more mysterious tempo".
In Wrestling history, all the success has always came with a golden idea; ECW, nWo, Attitude Era, WrestleMania, etc.
Pros at improving and expanding upon golden ideas (in December they introduced Peanut Butter Half Baked, a peanut-buttery version of its now most popular flavor), Ben & Jerry's has just taken its core technology to the next level.
"It seemed much more like a golden age idea rather than modern detective," she says.
The "Golden Rule" idea that you should treat others how you wish to be treated.
He also pointed out that the script was technically illogical in that Michael pretended he did not come up with the golden ticket idea despite the documentary camera crew filming his earlier discussions about it.
Mr Letwin regards Mr Brown's "golden rule" (the idea that government borrowing over the cycle must not exceed net investment) as far too permissive.
"The program is based on Aristotle's golden mean, the idea of balance in one's life," said Daniel Doyle, Jr., the camp director.
