35+ Born With A Silver Spoon In His Mouth
PNG. Silver foot in his mouth.'. from random house dictionary of popular proverbs and sayings (1996) by gregory y. Get a name to rise early, and you may lie all day.
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Spoon was also the name of a chip or splinter of wood and it is likely that is how the table utensils derived their name. Titelman (random house, new york 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. This is the only expression i could think of for somebody born into privilege.
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They say she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, but judging by the size of her mouth it must have been a ladle. It means born into an aristocratic or very rich family. In days when the peasants were dying in large numbers from plagues and illnesses the rich & affluent would give their babies a silver spoon to suck. The complete idiom is born with a silver spoon in your mouth and means to be to be born into wealth and privilege, i.e., born into a wealthy family, with many advantages that other people don't have.
