reverse Midas touch: meaning & examples

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Meanings:

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    InternationalUSUKinformalcolloquialsarcastic
    • A figurative quality or pattern whereby a person consistently brings failure, loss, or misfortune to ventures or projects they touch, the opposite of the mythical Midas touch.
    • A tendency for efforts associated with a particular individual to produce poor or negative outcomes rather than success or profit.

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    • Ever since he took over the project, it seems like he has the reverse Midas touch—everything started to fail.

      Desde que él se hizo cargo del proyecto, parece que tiene el toque inverso de Midas: todo empezó a fracasar.

    • Unfortunately, her involvement in the startup was a reverse Midas touch; investors quickly pulled out after she joined.

      Desafortunadamente, su participación en la startup fue un toque inverso de Midas; los inversores se retiraron rápidamente después de que ella se unió.

    • People joked that Tom had the reverse Midas touch since every business he touched ended up losing money.

      La gente bromeaba que Tom tenía el toque inverso de Midas, ya que todos los negocios que tocaba terminaban perdiendo dinero.

Examples:

  • EN: It's kind of like you have the reverse Midas touch.
    ES: Tienes el toque del rey Midas al revés.
    ID: Sepertinya kau punya sentuhan Midas yang terbalik.
  • EN: So it's another Frank success story that reverse Midas touch of yours.
    ID: Jadi, ini kisah sukses Frank lain... yang membalikkan sentuhan Midas-mu.
  • EN: He has the reverse Midas touch.
    ID: Dia punya sentuhan Midas terbalik.

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