the Midas touch

the ability to make a lot of money

Usage notes: Midas was a king in Greek stories who had the power to turn anything he touched into gold.

Profits are down - has that 80s entrepreneur lost his Midas touch?

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sascha	ZAH-shah	German
Luigi	LWEE-jee	Italian
Konstantin	KAWN-stahn-teen (German), kahn-stahn-TEEN (Russian)	German, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Helios	HEE-lee-os (English)	Greek Mythology
Vienne	-	French
Nicolae	-	Romanian