silver spoon

Example Sentences

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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

"Pulled out the silver spoon to say that," actor and comedian Diedrich Bader wrote on Threads.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2024

“He’s not someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2022

The tray went on a small marble-topped side table and she knocked the top of the egg off for me with a pretty silver spoon as though I were a baby and needed feeding.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein