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Midas(dictionary)
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Midas touch(dictionary)
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tail(2)(dictionary)

Midas touch (oh) and tail-end (iou)


Midas touch (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Midas king of Phrygia in ancient times who was given the Magic power of turning everything he touched into gold]
the Midas touch
if someone has the Midas touch, everything they do is successful and makes money for them
::a talented young businessman with the Midas touch

tail-end (iou)



tail-end noun. LME.
[from TAIL noun1 + END noun.]
a. The buttocks. Only in LME.
b. The lower, hindmost, or final part of something; the part opposite the head. M18.
The inferior or weaker part of something; spec. (a) Cricket the weaker batsmen constituting the end of a batting order; (b) rare a quantity of inferior grain, flour, etc. L19.
Comb.: tail-end Charlie (a) a tail gunner; the last aircraft in a flying formation; (b) a tail-ender.
tail-ender noun (esp. in Sport) a person at the tail-end of something L19.