golden gut

golden gut
 n.β€” Β«The job of a network executive has never been easy. Picking a hit is a tall order even for someone with what the industry likes to call a “golden gut”β€”a knack for sniffing out what’s likely to sell.Β» β€”β€œNBC Seeks Vision of TV’s Future” by Ronald Grover BusinessWeek May 1, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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