born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

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* According to some, the original nautical expression is just born with a silver spoon and describes those young gentlemen who were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination and whose promotion was assured. The converse was born with a wooden ladle. * However, the phrase is first recorded as a Scottish proverb in the form "Every Man is no born with a Silver Spoon in his Mouth" (1721).

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وُلِدَ وَفِي فَمِهِ مِلْعَقَةٌ مِن ذَهَب (wulida wafī famihi milʕaqatun min ḏahab) — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Chinese Mandarin: 含著金勺子出生的 — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Danish: født med sølvske i munden — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Dutch: met een gouden lepel in de mond geboren — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Finnish: syntynyt kultalusikka suussa — born rich or in a wealthy family
• French: né avec une cuillère d'argent dans la bouche — born rich or in a wealthy family
• German: mit goldenem Löffel im Mund geboren — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Greek: γεννημένος στα πλούτη (genniménos sta ploúti) — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Greek: γεννήθηκα στα πούπουλα (genníthika sta poúpoula) — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Irish: rugadh é le spúnóg airgid ina bhéal — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Italian: nascere con la camicia — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Japanese: 裕福な家庭に生まれる (yūfuku na katei ni umareru) — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Latvian: piedzimis zem laimīgas zvaigznes — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Malayalam: വായിൽ വെള്ളിക്കരണ്ടിയുമായി ജനിച്ച (vāyil veḷḷikkaraṇṭiyumāyi janicca) — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Norwegian Bokmål: å være født med sølvskje i munnen — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Polish: być w czepku urodzonym — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Portuguese: nascer em berço de ouro — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Romanian: născut cu o lingură de argint în gură — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Russian: роди́ться в соро́чке (rodítʹsja v soróčke) — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Spanish: nacer en cuna de oro — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Spanish: criarse en buena cuna — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Swedish: född med silversked i mun — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Telugu: ఆగర్భశ్రీమంతుడు (āgarbhaśrīmantuḍu) — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Thai: คาบช้อนเงินช้อนทองมาเกิด — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Thai: คาบช้อนทองมาเกิด — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Vietnamese: sinh ra ở vạch đích — born rich or in a wealthy family
• Vietnamese: sinh ra ngậm thìa vàng — born rich or in a wealthy family