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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.

golden touch

Synonym of Midas touch (“the ability to achieve financial reward (or, more generally, success) easily and consistently”).

high on the totem pole

Accorded relatively high importance.

human touch

The ability of a person to deal with others in a personable and empathetic way.

kick into touch

To evade an issue; to stop from happening.

lose one's touch

To lose one's special mastery of or knack for a particular skill or activity.

lose touch

To lose contact (with).

low on the totem pole

Accorded relatively little importance.