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It usually refers to the spreading of a secret.
The term comes from the story of the King of Midas who had long ears, he usually covered his ears so no one would discover that their king had long ears like a donkey. His barber was the only one who knew his secret and the king made the barber promise that he would never tell anyone about the king's secret. Eventually the secret became too much for the barber to handle, one day he left the palace, dug a hole in the ground, and shout the secret loudly inside the hole, then he covered the hole and left. After some time a plant grew in the same place where he had dug the hole, the plant's leaves grew and shouted the secret to all the by-passers until everyone knew that their king actually had long ears like a donkey.
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What was Midas' undoing?
His touch
How could midas turn things into gold?
The story is a myth, since there is no evidence that any human has been able to turn things into gold in the way that Midas was supposed to. The story illustrates that money or riches do not on their own bring happiness.
Who said ladies and gentlemen lend me your ears?
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears The first line of a famous and often-quoted speech by Mark Antony in the play Julius Caesar
What President described his wife as his eyes and ears?
This was how Franklin Roosevelt described Eleanor Roosevelt.
What did Jefferson mean when he said slavery was Wolf by the ears?
If you are able to grab a wolf by its ears, you daren't let it go because it will turn and savage you. It means that once you lock yourself into a situation, physical, emotional or economic, you have great difficulty getting out of that situation for fear of what will happen to you. Think of people with a gambling problem: they could be reduced to stealing money in the hope that they'll have the big win which will solve all their problems, and are too scared to stop because then they'll have to face a different reality without the relative comfort of the quasi-reality they're in. People who depended on slaves for their income thought everything would fall apart if they had to pay people to work for them. In other words, they'd lose money. They couldn't see a way out, they had the wolf by the ears, and so they did everything possible to keep their slaves and to fight those who attempted to free the unpaid workers. This mental attitude continued long after slavery was abolished and still survives today in the minds of those who maintain other cultures are inferior and deserving of various kinds of abuse. You see the same thing in corporate life today when employers who might be making billions resist paying workers more, or giving them more privileges, because they're afraid they'll be losing money. If you are thinking of it as slavery, it means that a slave owner is the person holding the wolf by its ears. Whereas the slave is the wolf. The wolf (slave) is captured and no one is letting it free. This quote is the title of a very good book by Ann Rinaldi called Wolf By the Ears. I would recommend reading this book.
What does being midas-eared mean?
Being without judgement. It comes from a Greek Myth about a king named Midas who didnt judge in a contest and Apollo gave him ass's ears (donkey ears)
What did king midas wear?
King Midas always wore a turban or other lavish headdress to cover his donkey's ears. He got the donkey ears after insulting Apollo.
What does Midas mean on jewelry?
Midas is a jewellery manufacture
What punishment did Apollo give to King Midas?
His ears became those of a donkey.
What is king midas?
He is a human. If you mean who is king Midas, he was the man who was destroyed by his greed. Look up Midas and the Golden Hand.
What was king midas puinshment?
He was to have the ears of the donkey when he claimed a satyrs music was better than apollo's.
What is the symbol for the Greek god Midas?
The Golden Touch According to his foolish wish, he was granted the power to turn into gold everything he touched - but he got more than he had bargained for, as even his food or bed turned into gold and he couldn't even touch his own body!
Why did King Midas have donkey ears?
Because the Greek God Apollo (Son of Zous and twin brother of Artemis) had beaten Pan at a music competition, and because King Midas liked Pan as a friend better, he chose Pan to win even though his music was terrible. That is when King midas claimed his donkey ears, when APollo used his magic to punish him by giving him them.
Where Minus was king?
If you mean Midas, that was Phrygia.
What does rich as midas mean?
Midas had the golden touch, meaning that every thing he touched turned to solid gold.
What does midas tocuh mean?
Midas was a guy who had the ability to touch anything and it would immediately turn into gold so saying you have the Midas touch means whatever you do becomes good.
What did Midas look like?
We do not know much about his original lokks. But after he had judged a musical contest to the displeasure of Apollo he was given donkey's ears.
