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paydirt (n.)
[paydirt 词源字典]
also
pay dirt
, "profit, success," 1873, from
pay
(n.) +
dirt
(n.); a word from mining, where it was used in a literal sense from 1856.
[paydirt etymology, paydirt origin, 英语词源]