A person with the magical ability to make money or gain wealth from anything they touch (from the Greek myth of King Midas).
From Greek mythology, King Midas was granted a wish that everything he touched turned to gold, though it became a curse. Used metaphorically since ancient times for anyone with exceptional money-making ability.
The real lesson of the Midas myth that everyone forgets is that his wish actually ruined his life—he couldn't eat or hug his daughter because they'd turn to gold—so the phrase 'the Midas touch' really should remind us that obsession with wealth can backfire!
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