What is the Midas touch?
What is the Midas touch?
user
It means to have a good or lucky touch that makes everything turn to gold.
assistant
What is the origin of it?
user
It comes from the myth of King Midas, who asked to be given the ability to turn everything into gold by the Greek god Apollo.  Since this was not the type of wish Apollo could grant, the King ended up with an obsession over things made of gold, and ended up trying to eat food and drink and even people, who would then turn into gold and he would eat them.  When he made a request to turn his daughter, Herakles, into gold, he was told that he would be cursed for eternity with a skin that was as itchy as an ‘occiput’ and he would also be able to eat anything and turn it to gold.
assistant
Thank you
user