God's gift to

God's gift to (something)

A person who embodies the highest level of achievement in a particular area (which is stated after "to"). Almost exclusively used ironically or derisively. You walk around like you're God's gift to women, but when's the last time you actually had a date? He may think that he's God's gift to painting, but critics have found his work to be very derivative.
See also: gift
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

God's gift (to women)

Fig. a desirable or perfect man. (Usually sarcastic.) Tom thinks he's God's gift to women, but if the truth were known, they laugh at him behind his back. He acted like he was God's gift and I should be real grateful to be going out with him.
See also: gift
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

God's (own) gift to —

the ideal or best possible person or thing for someone or something (used chiefly ironically or in negative statements).
1998 Spectator Their [the English] hooligans, their pressmen, hell, even their footballers behave as if they were God's own gift to sport.
See also: gift
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

God’s gift (to somebody/something)

(ironic) a person who thinks that they are particularly good at something or who thinks that somebody will find them particularly attractive: He seems to think he’s God’s gift to women.
See also: gift
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • God's gift
  • God's gift to (something)
  • God's gift to something
  • be half the (something) (one) used to be
  • dancer
  • laugh (one) off the stage
  • laugh off the stage
  • GLWT
  • benevolent overlord
  • better luck next time
References in periodicals archive
Hepburn, who the sentencing judge concluded thought he was "God's gift to women", had cooked up the "pathetic, sexist game" with a team-mate.
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At times, Senator Panfilo Lacson said he thinks of President Rodrigo Duterte as 'God's gift to a benighted land.'
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With plentiful limestone-filtered springwater and an ideal climate, your old Kentucky home was God's gift to whiskey makers, and early settlers put grain to copper still and bourbon soon ran from it.
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"The Prime Minister is surrounded by people who think he is God's gift to the Conservative Party, and he himself seems unwilling to give five minutes to anyone who does not agree with him" - Former Tory MP and ex-minister Ann Widdecombe.
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He thinks he's God's gift to women, spends more time in front of the mirror than away from it, and is so arrogant and narcissistic that it is beginning to annoy other family members.
My teenage son has become so vain
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He so clearly believed he was God's gift to music and to women.
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He looks as if he has stood next to the grill too long but still thinks he's God's gift to women.
GORDON IS A MORON
Each camp, in its own way, follows the path of the Prodigal Son, reducing God's gift to a commodity, an object for possession and control (14).
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