golden touch
golden touch · golden touches
Synonym of Midas touch easily and consistently”)Synonym of Midas touch (“the ability to achieve financial reward (or, more generally, success) easily and consistently”).
UK/ˌɡəʊldən ˈtʌt͡ʃ/US/ˌɡoʊldən ˈtʌt͡ʃ/
» I lost the golden touch.
frpzzd · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(idiomatic)Synonym of Midas touch (“the ability to achieve financial reward (or, more generally, success) easily and consistently”).
Examples
2 sentencesI lost the golden touch.
He had the golden touch!
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From the Greek legend of King Midas, related in chapter XI of Ovid’s Metamorphoses (8 C.E.From the Greek legend of King Midas, related in chapter XI of Ovid’s Metamorphoses (8 C.E.), whom Dionysus (the god of, among other things, wine and winemaking) gave the power to turn things to gold by touching them. Compare Midas touch.
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Forms
plural: golden touches| Singular | golden touch |
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