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be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

British pronunciation/biː bˈɔːn wɪð ɐ sˈɪlvə spˈuːn ɪn wˈɒnz mˈaʊθ/
American pronunciation/biː bˈɔːɹn wɪð ɐ sˈɪlvɚ spˈuːn ɪn wˈʌnz mˈaʊθ/
to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
[PHRASE]
1

to be born into a wealthy or privileged family and having access to all the luxuries and comfort that comes with it

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to [be] born with a silver spoon in {one's} mouth definition and meaning
Examples
1The boy was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
2But even when you're born with a silver spoon in your mouth, hard times can strike, and that's just what happened to Donald.
3Claudius wasn’t just born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
4I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth, and I created all this from scratch, so I knew what it's like not to have money.
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