Midas touch: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- An apparent ability to turn any enterprise or action into a profitable or successful outcome; a knack for achieving commercial or material success.
Examples
BetaEvery business he started succeeded—he truly had the Midas touch.
Every business he started succeeded—he truly had the Midas touch.
With her Midas touch, the artist’s paintings always fetched high prices at auctions.
With her Midas touch, the artist’s paintings always fetched high prices at auctions.
They hoped their new manager had the Midas touch to turn the failing company around.
They hoped their new manager had the Midas touch to turn the failing company around.
- An ironic or opposite sense denoting a tendency to cause failure, loss, or harm rather than success; a reputation for consistently producing negative outcomes.
Examples
BetaIronically, his so-called Midas touch ruined every project he touched.
Ironically, his so-called Midas touch ruined every project he touched.
They joked that she had the Midas touch for breaking things rather than fixing them.
They joked that she had the Midas touch for breaking things rather than fixing them.
Despite his confidence, his Midas touch led the team into failure again.
Despite his confidence, his Midas touch led the team into failure again.
Examples:
- EN: Baggs, you got the Midas touch in reverse.ES: Baggs, eres como el rey Midas, pero al revés.
- EN: You really have the Midas touch, Chief!ES: ¡Tan valioso como el oro!
- EN: We got the Midas touch.ES: Todo lo que tocamos se transforma en oro.
- EN: they have a sort of negative Midas touch.ES: Tienen una especie de toque negativo de Midas.
- EN: The kid's got the Midas touch with the broads!ES: El chico tiene suerte con las chicas. Venid aquí.
- EN: Boy, sounds like you got the Midas touch there.ES: Chico, parece que tienes el toque de Midas allí.
- EN: All the losing tickets, making your idiot cop think you have the Midas touch.ES: Las boletas tu policía idiota creyó que tienes el toque de Midas.
- EN: Midas touch.ES: El toque Midas.
- EN: Henry Wingo had the opposite of the Midas touch.ES: Tenía lo contrario al toque de Midas.
- EN: Everyone knows you have the Midas touch.ES: Todos saben que tienes el toque del rey Midas.
- EN: - Bill has the Midas touch.ES: Bill tiene el tacto de Midas.
- EN: ♪ The man with the Midas touch ♪ - Up here on the stage...ES: Y aquí pondremos una jaula dorada.
- EN: He's the man, the man with the Midas touch.ES: Es el hombre con el toque de Midas.
- EN: He's the man The man with the Midas touchES: Es el hombre con el toque de Midas.
- EN: He's the man the man with the Midas touchES: Es el mejor todo lo que toca se convierte en oro.
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