Midas touchとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˌmaɪdəs ˈtʌt͡ʃ/
• ハイフネーション: Mi‧das touch

固有名詞

Midas touch

1. (Greek mythology, literally) The ability to turn everything one touches into gold.
   • 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 516:

     All phenomena that arouse moral indignation if they occur in bourgeois society are turned to gold, as if by a Midas touch, if they serve the interests of the new power: the armed invasion of a foreign state is liberation, aggression is defence, tortures represent the people's noble rage against the exploiters.

2. (idiomatic) The ability to achieve financial reward (or, more generally, success) from one's actions easily and consistently.

   Synonym: golden touch

   Antonym: reverse Midas touch

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