English Explanatory Dictionary

golden touch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of Midas touch (“the ability to achieve financial reward (or, more generally, success) easily and consistently”).

Pronunciation

/ˌɡəʊldən ˈtʌt͡ʃ/ /ˌɡoʊldən ˈtʌt͡ʃ/ En-au-golden touch.ogg

Word forms

golden touch golden touches

Etymology

From the Greek legend of King Midas, related in chapter XI of Ovid’s Metamorphoses (8 C.E.), whom Dionysus (the god of, among other things, wine and winemaking) gave the power to turn things to gold by touching them. Compare Midas touch.

Synonyms

Midas touch
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