Midas touch
Example Sentences
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SpaceX is no Pets.com, but will retail enthusiasm, Nasdaq’s helping hand and Musk’s Midas touch be enough to send it far past its mammoth $1.75 trillion value without profits?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
“That’s Franki’s Midas touch: He knows how to throw a good party with good music,” says booking agent Tom Windish, who counts Eilish among his clients.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
Is it really the Midas touch or more of a poisoned chalice?
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2024
The D-backs were cursed with a reverse Midas touch.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
Mark Twain had the true Midas touch; but the mine of riches he was destined to discover was a mine, not of gold or silver, but the mine of intellect and rich human experience.
From Mark Twain by Archibald Henderson
