Bonjour, je cherche la signification exacte de l'expression "gagner la montre en or" et éventuellement son origine. Merci de votre aide?

It is not a common or traditional expression but a journalistic turn of phrase used by a reviewer in an article in Le Miroir: " Les occidentaux s'attendaient à gagner la montre en or" . In the context of a game of chance such as a raffle or a lottery "La montre en or" would be one of the main prizes if not the main one. So by this he means that "they expected to do extremely well financially" or get proportionally" the largest slice of the cake".

Never heard that phrase.

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