silver spoon
Example Sentences
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"Some red squirrels have the luck of being born into gentler early environments, akin to being born with a silver spoon," Petrullo said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024
“He’s not someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2022
A warm, chatty only child, she wasn't born with a silver spoon — she'd worked since she was three, she proudly proclaimed.
From Salon • Jul. 19, 2022
Derived from the English expression that refers to those born into privilege "with a silver spoon in their mouth", a "gold spoon" is someone from the top 1% of high-income households in South Korea.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2022
He adds milk, stirs it noisily, rests the small silver spoon on the rim of his saucer, and takes a long slurp.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
