golden touch
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5.2
- noun
- Informal
:
toque dorado
- a man with a golden touch
- lost his golden touch
The moment you have success, you think you have the golden touch.
- The moment you have success, you think you have the golden touch.
Examples
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And like I said, she got that golden touch.
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He had the golden touch.
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A marketing manager at FedEx could feel like they have the golden touch, not realizing that the strong FedEx brand is juicing their results.
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She has a golden touch when it comes to turning ideas into successful businesses.
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Many people believe that his golden touch in investments is unmatched in the industry.
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Artists often feel that having a golden touch means their work resonates deeply with the audience.
Synonyms
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8.1
A special ability to make money or do well in many things
Antonyms
How Successful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an exceptional ability to achieve success' is directly derivable from combining 'golden' (metaphorically excellent/valuable) with 'touch' (a skillful quality or influence). This composition follows a common evaluative+quality pattern and the 'gold/golden = valuable/fortunate' metaphor is cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Golden touch comes from the old story of King Midas, who turned everything he touched into gold. That strong picture of golden and touch explains why golden touch now means someone seems to make everything they try 'succeed easily'.