magic touch
An ability or skill to produce highly favorable results in an impressive way.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“She has a magic touch with plants.”
“The new manager has a magic touch, turning the struggling team into a success in just one month.”
“With a magic touch that seemed to defy logic, the architect transformed the decaying building into a celebrated masterpiece of modern design.”
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common touch
The personal quality of showing understanding of and sympathy for the concerns of ordinary people; rapport with and acceptance by ordinary people, usually in a celebrity or leader.
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everything one touches turns to gold
Everything someone uses or does succeeds or becomes better.
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everything one touches turns to shit
Everything someone uses or does fails or becomes worse.
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golden touch
Synonym of Midas touch (“the ability to achieve financial reward (or, more generally, success) easily and consistently”).
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human touch
The ability of a person to deal with others in a personable and empathetic way.
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kick into touch
To evade an issue; to stop from happening.
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lose one's touch
To lose one's special mastery of or knack for a particular skill or activity.
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lose touch
To lose contact (with).
Last updated August 10, 2026