[
US
/ˈmaɪdəs/
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NOUN
- (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold
How To Use Midas In A Sentence
- The life of Howard Hughes cannot fail to remind us of the fable of Midas.
- A century on King Midas of Lydia was the first to mint coins of silver and gold and in the same century the Athenians added the refinement of having devices on both sides.
- Some of America's top company builders - spotless reputations on the line - are trying to apply the entrepreneurial Midas touch to the problems that beset this cobwebbed corner of the economy.
- Pavarotti is a unique performer with the Midas touch.
- In addition, they found that PEA -- also present in foods like eggs and peanuts -- is deactivated by a protein called N-acylethanolamine-hydrolyzing acid amidase, which is an enzyme that breaks down molecules controlling cell inflammation. Undefined
- For all its foolishness, though, the Midas myth contains neither death nor destruction.
- The fable of King Midas is one of the prettiest admonitions in classical mythology against the dangerous allure of gold.
- She used the word `gold" with the kind of respect King Midas would have appreciated. FOOLS GOLD
- The acetamidase enzyme encoded by the amdS gene allows growth on acetamide as a carbon and/or nitrogen source by producing ammonium and acetate.
- Kajimura J, Fujiwara T, Yamada S, Suzawa Y, Nishida T, et al. (2005) Identification and molecular characterization of an N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase Sle1 involved in cell separation of Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles