| 词汇 | born with a silver spoon |
| 释义 | born with a silver spoonBorn into a wealthy family. We may both be wealthy now, but I was not born with a silver spoon. I had nothing when I was young, and all of my fortune is down to my own hard work. Everyone who attends that university was born with a silver spoon, so I just don't think it's the right place for me. born with a silver spoonBorn wealthy, or fortunate, or both, as in Paul can afford to go to medical school; he was born with a silver spoon. Although some authorities believe this phrase alludes to the custom of godparents giving their godchild a silver spoon, affordable only by rich persons, it is more likely that the spoon has come to symbolize wealth. [c. 1700] born with a silver spoonBorn rich, or lucky, or both. Several writers believe this phrase comes from the custom of godparents giving their godchild a silver spoon, and only the wealthy could afford this gift. However, the spoon here may simply be symbolic of wealth, and indeed, other locutions, such as “He was borne with a penny in ’s mouth” (John Clarke, Parœmiologia Anglo- Latina, 1639), also occurred. The silver spoon was cited in Peter Motteux’s translation of Don Quixote (1712), as well as in two proverb collections of the same period. |
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