golden touch

golden touch

The ability to earn a large amount of money or be very successful in any endeavor. From the Greek myth of King Midas, who was granted the ability to turn anything he touched into solid gold. During the '80s, he owned half of Las Vegas, but in recent years, he seems to have lost his golden touch.
See also: golden, touch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • have (the) golden touch
  • have a head for
  • have a head for (something)
  • have a head for figures
  • have a head for heights
  • have kissed the Blarney Stone
  • blarney
  • seven-league boots
  • cut (one) down in (one's) prime
  • cut someone off in their prime
References in classic literature
There was once a king cursed with a golden touch. His name we have taken to do duty as our official seal.
Many combinations did those spikes upon the wall assume, many light shapes did the strong iron weave itself into, many golden touches fell upon the rust, while Little Dorrit sat there musing.
SUCH is the golden touch of Dan Meis, you'd back him to put an image through Face App and make the person look younger.
Formed in 2006, the London quartet are best known for songs such as America, Golden Touch, In The Morning, Somewhere Else, Before I Fall to Pieces, and more.
Among the new deals The Schoen Group arranged included a 60,000 s/f lease for Golden Touch Imports at 500-512 Seventh Avenue; a 25,000 s/f lease for NYC Alliance at 1411 Broadway; a 22,561 s/f expansion for Crossix Solutions at 1375 Broadway; a 17,000 s/f expansion by Intouch Solutions at 469 Seventh Avenue; and a nearly 9,000 s/f new commitment by Notations at 230 West 38th Street.
Nothing but the best setting and the best venue was prepared for the gentleman who was starting his golden years by the Golden Touch event organizer, Noel Tanza, who created an aura of gold to the evening's affair, held at Marco Polo Davao on July 21, 2018.
" Razorlight lit up the charts in the Noughties with hits like Somewhere Else, In The Morning, Golden Touch andchart-topper America.
I'm really excited about the album and really excited about doing Razorlight again." Razorlight lit up the charts in the Noughties with hits like Somewhere Else, In The Morning, Golden Touch and the chart-topper America.
The firms, listed as second and third defendants respectively, are Golden Touch Construction Project Limited and Suiming Electricals Limited.
With Pizza Hut's world-renowned freshly made pizza dough and an exclusive golden touch, the Golden Bites pizza will have you asking for more.'
Kerala Blasters posted via their official Twitter account saying: "Golden touch, turns like a dream & a deadly finish.
24 February 2017 - Jaclyn Holdings Parent LLC, an affiliate of apparel company Golden Touch Imports, Inc.
Read one way, each poem tells the story of a familiar myth--Pandora's box, King Midas and his golden touch, or Icarus and Daedalus--but when read in reverse, the poems reveal a new point of view!
THIERRY HENRY reckons his old team-mate Didier Deschamps has the golden touch and will deliver more European glory for France.
golden touch Claudine Keane at awards in California PICTURE: GETTY IMAGES