silver spoon
Example Sentences
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"Everything here is earned. At private schools the facilities are provided, but here there are no silver spoons, we have to put the work in."
From BBC
“For someone raised with a silver spoon in her mouth you sure don’t act like it.”
From Literature
I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
From Salon
"No silver spoons in my hood, just empty pockets," he mused.
From BBC
Old wives’ tales of silver spoons turning black when they touch a poisonous mushroom, or that only bright-colored or foul-tasting mushrooms are unsafe are false, he said.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
