born with a silver spoon
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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
In the informercial, Springer referred to the quote and talked about wanting to reach out to “regular folks … who weren’t born with a silver spoon in your mouth.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
A warm, chatty only child, she wasn't born with a silver spoon — she'd worked since she was three, she proudly proclaimed.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2022
And I’d rather work for something than be born with a silver spoon in my mouth any day!
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
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