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born with a silver spoon
adjective as in fortunate
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Example Sentences
Many liberals and progressives look at Trump and see a conman, a deeply insecure, malignant narcissist who lacks basic human empathy; a man of immense wealth and privilege who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and who doesn’t care about anyone but himself and a few family members.
“One candidate worked at McDonald’s, while she was in college at an HBCU. The other was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and helped his daddy in the family business: Housing discrimination,” Crockett said to boisterous laughter.
The 1969 protest song focuses on class inequity during the Vietnam War, with John Fogerty singing about a “millionaire’s son” born with a “silver spoon in hand” dodging service in the military while others are sent to fight and die.
"Some red squirrels have the luck of being born into gentler early environments, akin to being born with a silver spoon," Petrullo said.
Heather Humphreys tells the Dáil Simon Harris, the son of a taxi driver, was "not born with a silver spoon in his mouth".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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