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Englishthe Midas touch
Meaning: The ability to make money or to be successful at everything one becomes involved in.
Example: “Every restaurant she opens is packed; she has the Midas touch.”
Origin: From the Greek myth of King Midas of Phrygia, whom the god Dionysus granted the power to turn everything he touched into gold, until even his food turned to metal. Ovid tells the story in his Metamorphoses. The phrase for a talent for making money is common from the 19th century.
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