silver spoon
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Tice, who attended the £16,000 per-term Uppingham School, agreed that he was born "with a silver spoon in his mouth".
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
"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
Shay said in the Oprah interview that her mother once told her, “You were born in a crystal ball with a silver spoon.’
From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
The gilded silver spoon escaped the Parliamentary melting pot because a man who’d once worked for the king bought it for 16 shillings.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
Mine is empty, the purple remnants of huckleberry shake congealing on the silver spoon.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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