brass ring

brass ring
1. wealth, success, or a prestigious position considered as a goal or prize: Few of those who reach for the brass ring of the Presidency achieve it.
2. the opportunity to try for such a prize.
[from the practice of picking a ring from a box while riding a merry-go-round: whoever selected a brass ring received a free ride]

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