the Midas touch

the Midas touch

Derived from the Greek myth of the king of Phrygia, Midas, who asked the gods to grant him the ability to turn whatever he touched to gold.
1. The ability to easily turn a large profit. The new sales rep seemed to have the Midas touch, turning every lead she found into a sale.
2. The ability to produce successful results. The young football couch had the Midas touch as he led his undefeated team through a perfect season.
See also: Midas, touch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

the Midas touch

the ability to make money out of anything that you undertake.
In classical legend, Midas was a king of Phrygia (in Asia Minor) who had the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
See also: Midas, touch
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

the ˈMidas touch

the ability to be very successful in making money: Stephanie has the Midas touch — she makes lots of money whatever she does.In Greek legend, whatever King Midas touched turned to gold.
See also: Midas, touch
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

Midas touch, the

The ability to make any undertaking extremely profitable. According to legend, Midas, King of Phrygia, asked the gods that everything he touched would turn into gold. Dionysus granted his request, but when the very food Midas wished to eat turned to gold, he asked the gods to take back their gift. Dionysus then ordered Midas to bathe in the River Pactolus, thereby washing away the gift. By the seventeenth century the idea was applied figuratively to any person with a gift for making money. See also rich as Croesus.
See also: Midas
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • Midas touch, the
  • golden touch
  • have (the) golden touch
  • have the Midas touch
  • Midas
  • Gordian
  • cut the Gordian knot
  • cut the Gordian knot, to
  • cut/untie the Gordian knot
  • gods bless you
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