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gilded cage

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A place (or, by extension, situation) which is superficially attractive but nevertheless constraining; a comfortable but confined situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: kultainen häkki — place or situation which is attractive but constraining
  • French: cage dorée — place or situation which is attractive but constraining
  • French: prison dorée — place or situation which is attractive but constraining
  • German: goldener Käfig — place or situation which is attractive but constraining
  • Polish: złota klatka — place or situation which is attractive but constraining
  • Russian: золота́я кле́тка (zolotája klétka) — place or situation which is attractive but constraining
  • Spanish: jaula de oro — place or situation which is attractive but constraining
  • Spanish: jaula dorada — place or situation which is attractive but constraining
  • Swedish: förgylld bur — place or situation which is attractive but constraining
  • Turkish: altın kafes — place or situation which is attractive but constraining