Idiom | to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth |
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Definition | to be born of rich parents |
Examples | - John will never have to worry about money. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. - How do you expect me to afford a house in London? I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. - I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. My partner was an ordinary working man. But there was a great security in my life. - She has never earned anything in her life; she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and requires the help of servants to remove it. |
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