Phrase: Born with a silver spoon in your mouth

Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp today. This episode was published on Saturday, February nineteenth, 2022. Today our phrase is ‘born with a silver spoon in your mouth.’ To be born with a silver spoon in your mouth means you were born into a wealthy family or that you never had to work for a living. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/BornWithSilverSpoonInYourMouth Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz from ArtisanEnglish.jp. You listen to the podcast episodes. Now check to see if you learned from what you heard. Visit ArtisanEnglish.jp and go to the Weekly Quizzes page. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Quiz Below are five terms from today’s episode that may have been new for you. Come from money: People who come from money are from wealthy families. If you're not rich, you may dream of being with people who come from money. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/ComeFromMoney Deep pockets: When someone has deep pockets they have a lot of money. In other words, it means that they have abundant financial resources. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/DeepPockets Heavy is the head that wears the crown: Heavy is the head that wears the crown means it is difficult for leaders to relax due to the significant burden of responsibility they carry. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/HeavyIsTheHead Sink or swim: Sink or swim means you are not given any help to succeed in life. You are on your own, and you must be self-reliant to succeed or you fail. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/SinkOrSwim Tall poppy syndrome: The desire to want successful people to fail or the tendency to disrespect famous people is referred to as the tall poppy syndrome. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/TallPoppySyndrome