I've come across the term "golden fingers" in a book, in the following context:
Timing recovery has long been perceived as a field
in which 'golden fingers' and intimate familiarity with analog circuitry are crucial.
I couldn't find the translation of this term or another example of usage. I should note that author is from the Netherlands. Intuitively I would guess that it means that someone can be considered very skillful, and in my native language (not Dutch) there is a corresponding idiom with literal translation "golden hands".
Is "golden fingers" a common idiom in English? If not, is there a proper term or idiom of that meaning?
Best Answer
Dutch native speaker here, 'golden fingers' isn't an idiom here. Like you (Russian?) we do have 'golden hands' (see this article in Dutch); that phrase isn't used that often, but refers to King Midas' golden touch.
As @WeatherVane suggests in the comments, I'd use 'magic touch':
(source: Merriam-Webster)