born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
形容词 adj.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Born rich, or into a wealthy family.
— Near-synonyms: born to the purple, to the manor born
词源
* 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).
* 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).
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