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Phrase(s): have the Midas touch
Fig. to have the ability to be successful, especially the ability to make money easily. (From the name of a legendary king whose touch turned everything to gold.) • Bob is a merchant banker and really has the Midas touch. • The poverty-stricken boy turned out to have the Midas touch and was a millionaire by the time he was twenty-five.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs