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Jimmy Hung
2021-05-12 01:05
The Midas touch noun phrase
Normally, the verb "have" stands in front of this phrase.
The ability to make money or succeed in everything one does
My boss is a businessman with the Midas touch.
Our new sales excecutive seems to have the Midas touch. He has got several big contracts this month.
To be extremely successful and admired by a range of people.
To narrowly succeed or defeat someone in something
One has the potential for being successful in the future ahead.
To succeed in something by only a small amount
If someone is going through a purple patch, that means they have a very successful or lucky period, especially in sports.
Midas, King of Phrygia, is said to have begged the gods to turn everything he touched into gold. Midas begged Dionysus to grant his wish, but when the food he wanted to eat turned to gold, he requested the gods to return their gift. Midas was then commanded by Dionysus to bathe in the River Pactolus in order to wash the gift clean.By the seventeenth century the idea was applied figuratively to any person with a gift for making money.
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Used to describe someone who is good at persuading people to do or believe something
Jane is a fast talker. She has sold many luxurious villas since she worked here.
