born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
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born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
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* According to some, the original nautical expression is just born with a silver spoon and describes those young gentlemen who were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination and whose promotion was assured. The converse was born with a wooden ladle.
* However, the phrase is first recorded as a Scottish proverb in the form "Every Man is no born with a Silver Spoon in his Mouth" (1721).
adjective
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Born rich, or into a wealthy family.
Near-synonyms: born to the purple, to the manor born
Similar: born to the purple, to the manor born
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adj born rich or in a wealthy family
| Español | nacer en cuna de oro, criarse en buena cuna |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 裕福な家庭に生まれる yūfuku na katei ni umareru |
| 中文 | 含著金勺子出生的 |
| Português | nascer em berço de ouro |
| Français | né avec une cuillère d'argent dans la bouche |
| Deutsch | mit goldenem Löffel im Mund geboren |
| Italiano | nascere con la camicia |
| Ελληνικά | γεννημένος στα πλούτη genniménos sta ploúti, γεννήθηκα στα πούπουλα genníthika sta poúpoula |
| Română | născut cu o lingură de argint în gură |
| Русский | роди́ться в соро́чке rodítʹsja v soróčke |
| Tiếng Việt | sinh ra ở vạch đích, sinh ra ngậm thìa vàng |
| العربية | وُلِدَ وَفِي فَمِهِ مِلْعَقَةٌ مِن ذَهَب wulida wafī famihi milʕaqatun min ḏahab |
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