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Midas
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  • King Midas lost interest in his piggy bank.†  (source)
  • He had the Midas touch, whatever he touched turned to gold!†  (source)
    the Midas touch = easily makes profit  OR  (from Greek mythology) referring to the story of everthing turning to gold when touched by King Midas
  • The Greeks tell of King Midas, who had the luck to win from Bacchus the offer of whatsoever boon he might desire.†  (source)
    King Midas = Greek mythology:  the greedy king with the power to turn everything he touched into gold
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  • Savannah takes a moment to greet Midas now.†  (source)
  • We must not have King Midas represented as an example of success; he was a failure of an unusually painful kind.†  (source)
    King Midas = Greek mythology:  the greedy king with the power to turn everything he touched into gold
  • Could be a Rocket, a Midas, or a Spur.†  (source)
  • Weaving through the traffic, closing in on us rapidly, were three glittery, vaguely humanoid apparitions—like billowing plumes from smoke grenades touched by King Midas.†  (source)
  • She sat by Galt's side as he drove, skirting the town, to Midas Mulligan's house.†  (source)
  • It was his barber (if I remember right) who had to be treated on a confidential footing with regard to this peculiarity; and his barber, instead of behaving like a go-ahead person of the Succeed-at-all-costs school and trying to blackmail King Midas, went away and whispered this splendid piece of society scandal to the reeds, who enjoyed it enormously.†  (source)
  • In spite of it all, Papa still seemed to have a Midas touch.†  (source)
  • She looked like she'd been touched by King Midas.†  (source)
  • His father's rich as Midas, so they say.†  (source)
  • Please tell me you're not related to King Midas.†  (source)
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