What is 'midas touch' ?

Question

What is 'midas touch' ?

Answer 1

King Midas turned everything he touched to gold.  It means that if someone is said to have the midas touch, then everything they do turns out well.

Answer 2

This means that basically your blessed  financially and your able to make money where others can't

Entrepreneurs would be considered Midas touch people.

Answer 3

Midas was a fabled king who was granted one wish by the Gods for doing a good deed.  Midas wished, without considering the consequences of his actions, that everything he touched  would turn to gold.  However, he began to see the error fo his ways when his garden, his food, and even his Queen turned to gold from his touch.

It has come to mean that anyone with the "Midas Touch" is someone that has everything go their way. Or someone that is very talented in a particular way.

Answer 4

its means when you touch something it turns to gold, not literally but Good things happen.  

Answer 5

The "Midas touch" is a figure of speech. When someone is described to have the "Midas touch" it generally means that they prosper greatly (in business ventures)

The phrase originates from the legend of the King of Phrygia, Midas, who was granted a wish by the gods as a reward for his hospitality to Dionysius' tutor. Not considering the consequences, Midas wished for anything he touched to turn to gold.