Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: midas
IPA transcription: [m'aɪdəs]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Midas
    Meaning: (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold
Usage examples
  • Midas looks to me like he had the advantage there."
  • "Midas can eat rooster, but rooster can't eat Midas.
  • "Here's another difference between Midas and chicken," Sheridan remarked, grimly.
  • Our dragnet was filled with Midas abalone, harp shells, obelisk snails, and especially the finest hammer shells I had seen to that day.
  • Having returned his antagonists's fire in this fashion, he blushed--for he could blush distinctly now--and his mother looked upon him with pleasure, thought the reference to Midas and roosters was of course jargon to her.