“Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth”in other languages
Born into a rich family.
English
French
Portuguese
EnglishFrenchPortugueseSame idea, different pictures
English and French share the silver spoon, a traditional christening present from well-off godparents; the English phrase already appears in a 1712 translation of Don Quixote. The French is a word-for-word borrowing.
Portuguese upgrades the furniture: nascer em berço de ouro, born in a cradle of gold.
More sayings in other languages
- Born yesterday
- Borrow trouble
- Make a hash of something
- Bow out
- Breathe down someone's neck
- Take the bull by the horns
- Burn one's bridges
- Butter someone up
- Butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth