| 单词 | midas-fingered |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMidas-fingered 2. General attributive, with allusion to King Midas's gift of turning everything he touched into gold (see etymology); also in Midas-fingered adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > becoming > unfailing ability to > one who Midas1584 1584 C. Robinson et al. Handefull Pleasant Delites (new ed.) sig. Cvii Like momish mates of Midas mood, They gape to get that doth no good. 1619 H. Hutton Follie's Anat. sig. B5v As if some taylor had bound on with points, Nero's great belly, to staru'd Midas ioynts. a1628 F. Greville Treat. Monarchy x, in Remains (1670) 119 What Midas wish, what dreams of Alchimy Can with these true Crown-Mines compared be? 1667 N. Billingsley Treasury Divine Rapture 203 The dunghil Wretch, troubled with Midas Itch, Becomes a beggar by becoming rich. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 507 Ten thousand casks,..Touched by the Midas finger of the State, Bleed gold for ministers to sport away. 1891 F. T. Palgrave Visions of Eng. 103 Glades yet unsear'd by hand Of Midas-finger'd Autumn, massy-green. 1925 E. Sitwell Troy Park 69 The ass-hide grass grows over her ears And Midas Silence turns to gold Each little sound she never hears. < as lemmas |
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